Faculty and the Library Toolbox: Evaluating Information

Students will learn:

1. Why you should evaluate your information sources

2. How the CRAAP test can help you remember what to look for

3. 5 simple criteria you can use to evaluate any source

Evaluating Information is designed to help your students get started in their research. This tutorial includes:

• Interactive learning objects
• A quiz at the end
• Additional resources

Ideas for using this tutorial:

• Link to the tutorial in your syllabus 
• Link to the tutorial in Blackboard
• Assign students to view tutorial, take quiz
• Print quiz results or copy and paste to email or document to upload to Blackboard

Evaluating Information is included in ACC's Research Success Tutorials suite, recognized by the ALA’s Association of College & Research Libraries’ Peer-Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee in 2014.

The CRAAP Test

(Meriam Library, CSU-Chico)

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 http://researchguides.austincc.edu/primarysources

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