Evaluating Sources of Information
OWL at Purdue
Tips for Evaluating Sources
Diana Hacker
Critically Analysing Information Sources
Cornell University Libraries
"Wikipedia? It's a great place to start, and a horrible place to end, at least that's what my professor says." PIL Progress Report 2/09 |
The Libraries offer large online reference collections that provide general topic overviews, relevant vocabularly, and citations for additional resources. Below are a few examples. Find more online reference collections here.
This video created by Western University Libraries offers a nice overview on evaluating any kind of source.
When working with statistical data, be sure to ask yourself:
Statistics are perhaps the most difficult type of information to find. Here are a few things to think about when trying to find a statistic:
- Content from Alexa Pearce, Librarian for Journalism, Media, Culture & Communication at NYU