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Evaluating sources of information

LSC401 · Academic Writing and Research Skills — Week 6 of 16

CourseLSC401
Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Evaluating sources of information

  1. Peer-reviewed journal articles versus grey literature
  2. Source credibility and reliability
  3. Applying the CRAAP framework
  4. Detecting bias and authority
  5. Evaluating Articles with the CRAAP Test
  6. How Do You Know? The CRAAP Test, SIFT, and Evaluating Sources
  7. Evaluating resources 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
  • How Do You Know? The CRAAP Test, SIFT, and Evaluating Sources · YouTube · J. Richard Freese · 11 min · for registered students
  • Evaluating resources using the CRAAP test · YouTube · Holmesglen Library · 7 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
  • Questioning CRAAP: a comparison of source evaluation methods with first-year undergraduat… · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Introduction to academic research and writing
  • Week 2: Academic writing conventions
  • Week 3: Types of academic research
  • Week 4: The academic research process
  • Week 5: Primary and secondary research methodologies
  • Week 6: Evaluating sources of information
  • Week 7: Foundations of critical thinking
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Critical thinking skills and argument evaluation
  • Week 10: Logic and principles of academic argumentation
  • Week 11: Structuring 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
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