Resources for Information Skills

Section contents page Introduction Finding the information you need Defining your information needs General criteria for evaluating information GEvaluating books Evaluating journal articles Evaluating journal articles: continued... Evaluating internet resources Summary
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Introduction

The purpose of this tutorial is to help you learn how to evaluate information that you find to ensure that it is reliable, accurate, good quality, and relevant to your assignment.

By working through this tutorial you will learn:

  • Quality control of the Information you have found
  • How to define your information needs, and know what you are looking for
  • The criteria for evaluating information
  • How to evaluate books, journal articles, and Internet resources