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V. LESSON 10: KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER
- Research is not merely finding information. It's also about
evaluating information for relevance and credibility.
- There are 3 ways to get a sense of an item's perspective, relevance,
and quality even before you have it in your hands:
1) Carefully examine the bibliographic citation.
They contain "clues" that help you assess an item's
relevance, perspective, and scholarly level.
2) Find information about the author. It is important
to know if the author is qualified to be writing about the topic.
There are 4 ways to learn more about the background of an author.
3) Read a review of the work. Book reviews can
deepen your understanding of a book and help you decide if it's
relevant to your research.
- Because of the Internet's lack of quality control, you must
arm yourself with an active, healthy skepticism. Not all Web sources
are reliable or credible.
- QUICK: The Quality Information Checklist,
offers you an approach for thoroughly evaluating Websites.
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