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Evaluate Sources
Once you have found sources, take time to evaluate them for credibility and appropriateness for your research project or assignment. These tutorials, graphics, and links will provide you with methods for evaluating information.
Tutorial Menu
Evaluating Content with Lateral Reading: Approximately 6 minutes
Peer Reviewed Articles: Approximately 6 minutes
Visual Literacy: Approximately 3 minutes
Evaluating Maps and Satellite Images: Approximately 6 minutes
Google Reverse Image Search: Approximately 4 minutes
Graphics Menu:
This interactive graphic describes the steps of the SIFT method of evaluating content - stop, investigate, find trusted coverage, trace claims.
This interactive graphic explains how old ways of determining whether a source is credible are not sufficient to determine credibility in today's rapidly changing information landscape.
This interactive graphic explains the steps of lateral reading which is an effective way of evaluating the credibility of information.
This interactive graphic provides an overview of the peer review process in scholarly publishing.
This graphic demonstrates the differences between scholarly and popular sources.
This non-interactive graphic goes through the steps of fact checking claims made from Generative AI, on the internet, or from other sources.
