Finding Information – Where to look?

Google? Wikipedia? Library?

How do you choose?

When to use

Evaluating Information

Remember the CRAAPP test

Evaluating Information

• Currency

• Relevance

• Authority

• Accuracy

• Publication

• Purpose

Currency

• When was it written? Last edited?

Scientific Basis of Vegetarianism

Relevance

• Is it really related to your topic?

Information on Lithuania

Authority

• Who wrote it?

• The URL (web address) and author information for a web site reveal a lot about site reliability.

• Determining who created a web site is critical in being able to judge its quality. Generally, anonymous information and personal websites should not be used for academic research.

Personal Website

Accuracy

• Are the facts right?

Bicholim Conflict

Publication

• Who published it?

Project Britain

Purpose

• Is there a bias? Why did the author or publisher create this?

Climate Change