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Evaluating Sources Critically Tutorial

Welcome!

Whatever resources you use in your academic work, it is essential that you are able to evaluate its quality. In this tutorial, you will learn about key evaluation criteria that will help you quickly and accurately evaluate information.

After completing this guide, you will have practiced using core evaluative criteria commonly employed by academic researchers.

What you will learn

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

  • quickly analyze and critically evaluate information
     
  • identify specific areas to pay close attention to when analyzing a resource
     
  • build confidence in your ability to successfully evaluate your own research results

(simply click on the image below to begin!)

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