Evaluating and Using Sources Stephen Francoeur Newman Library Baruch College 4 November 2009 Research Survey to Determine the Mobility of Physicians in the Chicago Area Being Conducted at the University of Chicago with the Aid of Forty [40] National Youth Administration Employees . N.d. New York Public Library. NYPL Digital Gallery . Web. 4 November 2009. <http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1260389>.

Learning Goals Students will be able to: Evaluate sources based on multiple, relevant criteria Distinguish between source types by analyzing source citations Compose citations for online sources

Students will be able to:

Evaluate sources based on multiple, relevant criteria

Distinguish between source types by analyzing source citations

Compose citations for online sources

Books Search the Library Catalog

Articles Search a database, such as: Academic Search Complete LexisNexis Academic Opposing Viewpoints

Search a database, such as:

Academic Search Complete

LexisNexis Academic

Opposing Viewpoints

Search Basics BAD IDEA purpose of a college education BETTER IDEA purpose AND college education BEST IDEA (purpose OR goal) AND college education

Evaluating Sources Date of publication Scholarly vs. popular Credibility of author

Date of publication

Scholarly vs. popular

Credibility of author

Scholarly-Popular Continuum Scholarly Popular

Scholarly Journals Audience = fellow scholars Long articles Bibliographies Jargon Peer reviewed Magazines and Newspapers Audience = everyday readers Short articles No bibliographies Everyday language Not peer reviewed

Scholarly Journals

Audience = fellow scholars

Long articles

Bibliographies

Jargon

Peer reviewed

Magazines and Newspapers

Audience = everyday readers

Short articles

No bibliographies

Everyday language

Not peer reviewed

Credibility Google the author to learn if author: Teaches on this topic? Written more than once on the topic? Has degrees related to the topic? Works in a field related to the topic?

Google the author to learn if author:

Teaches on this topic?

Written more than once on the topic?

Has degrees related to the topic?

Works in a field related to the topic?

Available at the Library

Sample Citations Schrecker, Ellen. Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America . Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. Print. Schrecker, Ellen. “McCarthyism: Political Repression and the Fear of Communism.” Social Review 71:4 (2004), 1041-1086. Print. Thatcher, Margaret. “My Cozy Cottage.” Ladies Home Journal (September 19, 2001), 45-46. Print.

Citing Websites Using MLA Purdue OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ “Do Professors Matter?” http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/10/30/katopes

Purdue OWL

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

“Do Professors Matter?”

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/10/30/katopes

How Was It? What are three things I learned about research today that I didn’t already know? What is one thing about research that we should have covered or that I’m still unclear about?

What are three things I learned about research today that I didn’t already know?

What is one thing about research that we should have covered or that I’m still unclear about?