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This document provides guidance on evaluating information sources and finding reliable sources for research. It emphasizes the importance of validating your ideas with credible resources and discusses several criteria for evaluating sources, such as authority, currency, coverage, accuracy, and objectivity. The document recommends searching the Berkeley catalog for books and academic databases for articles, as databases have been pre-screened and contain regularly updated sources organized by subject. It provides an example of searching the Opposing Viewpoints database on the topic of the death penalty and highlights how full-text articles include citations that can be emailed to yourself, saving time.
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Wikipedia is a popular online encyclopedia that 36% of Americans consulted as of 2007 according to Pewinternet.org. While Wikipedia is not perfect, it can be a good starting point for information searching because featured articles meet criteria for being well-written, comprehensive, well-researched, neutral, and stable, following style guidelines for structure, citations and images. However, having a featured article designation does not mean the information is completely accurate.
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The document provides guidance for college students on how to effectively research information at the Berkeley College Library. It outlines that students will need to determine what information is needed, access information efficiently and accurately, evaluate the information, and use it responsibly. The document then describes the CACAO criteria for evaluating the quality of web pages - checking the currency, authority, coverage, accuracy, and objectivity of the information.
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- 1. Romel Espinel Reference/Instruction Librarian Berkeley College Libraries THINKING INFORMATION&CRITICAL
- 2. Validate Prove YOUR IDEAS
- 3. You’re going to need resources that will back up what you are trying to argue. I hope these guys behind me are reliable.
- 5. But who or what source can I trust?
- 6. Authority- Who is the author(s)? Currency-When was it published or how often is a website updated? Coverage- What kind of information is provided and what kind of sources do they use. Accuracy-How accurate is the information? Objectivity – Is the information objective or at least attempts objectivity?
- 7. Where can I find these reliable information sources?
- 8. Berkeley Catalog is great place to look for books for research!
- 10. Your Results Are . . . If you were to scroll down we would get more results
- 11. Some books that you could use for research.
- 12. You can also search Databases!
- 13. Have collected published articles from magazines, academic journals, websites, newspapers, etc. Are updated regularly as often as every three months Are organize by subject.
- 14. A small word about . . .
- 15. Look at all those results! You can’t use the first two results because they are from Wikipedia; it’s a known unreliable information source. Let’s check out this one.
- 16. Who is DPIC? How current is this website? How accurate? How objective? This takes time to verify this site
- 17. Where do you find databases? Save time with databases. They’ve been screened for you.
- 19. Opposing Viewpoints database is excellent for hotly debated and current issues.
- 20. Let’s look up the “death penalty” again.
- 22. If you were to scroll down we would get more results
- 23. Notice how the articles in this database for this topic are organized.
- 24. Let’s look at an article.
- 25. If you were to scroll down we see the full article.
- 26. And look!The full citation for this article in MLA format! Google can’t do that!
- 27. Email the Articles to Yourself Why? 1. Saves time if you need to go back to them. 2. Emailed articles include the citations you need for your bibliography (works cited).
- 29. Fill in the information and hit Send.
- 30. Here it is in my email. With Citation!
Editor's Notes
- Ask for Questions about Prim and Sec. Sources . . .