LIB 004: Evaluating Information

How can you be sure that you’re using scholarly (academic) resources effectively? This 50 minute workshop guides you through the process of critically evaluating your sources (including articles, websites, and multimedia), and determining how credible they are for university level assignments.

By the end of the workshop you will be able to:

• identify the characteristics of quality scholarly information,
• match your information needs to your research topic, level of study, and purpose, and
• evaluate the scope of different resource types, including articles, websites, multimedia, etc.

Suggested Prerequisite: LIB 003 Advanced Searching: Databases

Held in DC Library Room 1568 or Dana Porter FLEX Lab (LIB 329).

Register for this workshop:

Wednesday November 5, 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. (LIB 329)