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Information Literacy

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Rank the sources: In class activity

Students are provided with four abstracts from the Academic �� Premier database, and prompted to read the abstracts, consider the audience, the date, and then rank these in order of usefulness for an essay. Three sets of results lists given.

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In-class activities

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Evaluating

Reading a �� Results Page from a Library Database

Library databases are great places to find published articles, but the results pages can be confusing. This video gives some tips about how to find useful results. NOTE: This video is available in Spanish. See "Cómo leer una página de resultados de búsqueda de una base de datos de la biblioteca" below.

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Video

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Reading �� Results from a Library Database (Handout Version)

Questions to ask to determine whether an article in a library database is a good fit for your assignment.

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Handouts

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Evaluating

Research 101: Credibility is contextual

This video discusses the many factors of evaluating the credibility of a source including the author, audience and purpose.

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Video

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Getting started

Science Direct (How to use)

How to use Science Direct, which provides full text articles for peer-reviewed life sciences, Health Science, physical sciences, and engineering journals with citation information for thousands more.

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Handouts

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Finding

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