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GALE & Galileo Database in MackinVIA

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SweetSearch - A Search Engine for Students

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A search engine for students that emphasizes high quality resources evaluated and approved by educators, librarians and research experts.

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JSTOR Database with Fulton County Library System

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JSTOR Database with Fulton County Library System

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Created by Martha Bongiorno at Innovation Academy in Fulton County Schools

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Created by Martha Bongiorno at Innovation Academy in Fulton County Schools

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Who is the author?

What else has the author written?

In which communities and contexts does the author have expertise?

Does the author represent a particular set of world views?

Do they represent specific gender, sexual, racial, political, social and/or cultural orientations?

Do they privilege some sources of authority over others?

Do they have a formal role in a particular institution (e.g. a professor at Oxford)?

Purpose

Why was this source created?

Does it have an economic value for the author or publisher?

Is it an educational resource? Persuasive?

What (research) questions does it attempt to answer?

Does it strive to be objective?

Does it fill any other personal, professional, or societal needs?

Publication & format

Where was it published?

Where, geographically, was it originally published, and in what language?

In what medium?

Was it published online or in print? Both?

Is it a blog post? A YouTube video? A TV episode? An article from a print magazine?

What does the medium tell you about the intended audience?

What does the medium tell you about the purpose of the piece?

Relevance

How is it relevant to your research?

Does it analyze the primary sources that you're researching?

Does it cover the authors or individuals that you're researching, but different primary texts?

Can you apply the authors' frameworks of analysis to your own research?

What is the scope of coverage?

Is it a general overview or an in-depth analysis?

Does the scope match your own information needs?

Is the time period and geographic region relevant to your research?

Date of Publication

When was the source first published?

What has changed in your field of study since the publication date?

Are there any published reviews, responses or rebuttals?

Documentation

Did they cite their sources?
If not, do you have any other means to verify the reliability of their claims?

Look closely at the quotations and paraphrases from other sources:

Did they appropriately represent the context of their cited sources?

Did they ignore any important elements from their cited sources?

Are they cherry-picking facts to support their own arguments?

Did they appropriately cite ideas that were not their own?

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Library Guides: Evaluating Resources: Home

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Library Guides: Evaluating Resources: Home

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How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images