Lesson 5:
Evaluating Resources

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Evaluate Books

Evaluate Articles

Evaluate Web Sites

Select Useful Information

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Select Useful Information

Select Useful Information

To save time, evaluate the books, articles, and web sites you find to be sure they are relevant to your research topic. This sounds obvious, but many students try to "force" resources to fit their assignments instead of continuing to search until they find resources that really fit. Trying to force quotations and facts that don't fit into a project outline takes a lot of time. Even if you can stick them in somewhere, the result is an assignment that seems poorly planned.

Instead, spend a little time evaluating the relevancy of your resources. Look for resources that will help you support or refute an argument, give examples, or provide "wrong" information you can argue against.

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