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Summary
Congratulations you have completed Evaluating, the last unit of the Research 101 tutorial. You should now have:
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A basic
understanding of the Internet and can distinguish scholarly from
popular communication, and primary from secondary sources. |
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A general picture of the information
world within which research takes place and the differences among
some important information sources. |
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Selected a topic, generated a research
question, and selected key concepts and terms to use when you
search for information. |
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A basic understanding of databases,
field searching, logical operators and related strategies, and
have executed at least one search for information. |
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Learned how to read citations and use
them to find information sources. |
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Developed criteria for evaluating your
search strategy and information sources. |
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Evaluating Sections
1. Evaluating
2. Your Search Strategy
3. Credibility
4. Usefulness
- Objectivity
- Quality
- Coverage
- Relevance
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