Evaluating Basics
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appropriate resource type for assignment purpose; evaluation models (e.g. CRAAP test); indicators of authority and credibility |
Scholarly vs. Popular Information |
scholarly vs. popular information; key indicators of scholarly works |
Peer-Review Basics |
peer-reviewed search limiters; general purpose processes of peer-review; indicators of peer-reviewed works |
Evaluating Advanced |
self-bias and confirmation bias, questioning authority, limitations of checklist approaches to evaluation (e.g. CRAAP test), fact-checking or lateral searching, discipline-specific indicators of authority |
Peer-Review Advanced |
indicators of poor peer-review practices, limitations of peer-review, retracted articles |
The Publishing Industry |
authority of published information, limitations of formal publishing, self-publishing, informal publishing |