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Research Assignment Guide

Identifying and Evaluating

How do I evaluate sources?

To be able to meet the requirements of your assignment you will often have to identify the appropriate resource you need to use. Does your instructor expect you to use academic scholarly articles versus non-scholarly articles? Scholarly books versus non-scholarly books? Primary versus secondary sources? Reliable websites and online material?

The videos on this page will help you identify these different types of material as well as how to properly evaluate them.

Resource evaluation

Evaluation Resources