Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Evaluating Sources of Information and Evidence

AB401 · Academic Writing and Research Skills — Week 4 of 16

CourseAB401
Week4 of 16
SemesterI
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Evaluating Sources of Information and Evidence

  1. Peer-reviewed journals versus trade publications and grey literature
  2. Applying the CRAAP test for source credibility
  3. Academic databases and advanced search strategies
  4. Comparing source reliability and authority
  5. Evaluating Articles with the CRAAP Test
  6. Library Search: Advanced
  7. How to Evaluate Information Sources — Using the CRAAP Test!

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Compare different sources of information and evidence.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: compare different sources of information and evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Evaluating Articles with the CRAAP Test · YouTube · SUU Library · 5 min · for registered students
  • Library Search: Advanced · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 21 min · for registered students
  • How to Evaluate Information Sources — Using the CRAAP Test! · YouTube · UJ Library · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide, 14.1: Judging Credibility and the CRAAP Test · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 458–459 · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 3Week 5
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
Course plan
  • Week 1: Introduction to Academic Research and Writing
  • Week 2: Academic Writing Conventions
  • Week 3: Types and Approaches of Academic Research
  • Week 4: Evaluating Sources of Information and Evidence
  • Week 5: The Academic Research Process
  • Week 6: Foundations of Critical Thinking
  • Week 7: Critical Thinking Skills and Argument Evaluation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Components of a Valid Academic Argument
  • Week 10: Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
  • Week 11: Structuring and Drafting Academic Arguments
  • Week 12: Applying Academic Writing and Research Skills in practice: …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
Back to the course
Scroll