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Website domains mean something about quality

mwulibrary — 2025-02-26 17:12:30 UTC

I was told CRAAP is outdated. Lateral reading is in

2025-02-26 17:12:44 UTC

Peer reviewed sources are the best sources to use for all topics and all student levels of experience.

2025-02-26 17:12:48 UTC

2025-02-26 17:12:50 UTC

All websites are low quality

unfortunately that .gov websites are reliable sources of information. not currently the case.

2025-02-26 17:12:52 UTC

.com aren't as "credible"

2025-02-26 17:12:58 UTC

2025-02-26 17:12:59 UTC

"google is not a good place to start research"

To never use Google (this was before Google Scholar, probably).

2025-02-26 17:13:00 UTC

"Please come teach my students why open access journal articles are 'bad' (not scholarly/trustworthy)."

2025-02-26 17:13:00 UTC

All blogs are automatically not considered scholarly or authoritative

2025-02-26 17:13:08 UTC

Wikipedia is always bad or incorrect. While it shouldn't be cited, it can be a great tool.

2025-02-26 17:13:10 UTC

2025-02-26 17:13:11 UTC

only scholarly articles are important for research

Open Access is not as credible because it is freely available

2025-02-26 17:13:11 UTC

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Outdated: Students need to be shown how to use each individual database because they are all unique and have different features.

Database specific searching for new researchers

2025-02-26 17:13:16 UTC

We have an integrated catalog with our databases. Teaching first time researchers database specific searching is too much.

Wikipedia

2025-02-26 17:13:16 UTC

When I was in high school, I was taught many times that Wikipedia was not an acceptable source for research

Open access journals are less reliable.

2025-02-26 17:13:18 UTC

Quantitative research is more valuable and authoritative that qualitative research.

zz8daniel — 2025-02-26 17:13:21 UTC

You should never use Wikipedia

2025-02-26 17:13:23 UTC

Peer reviewed is always best

2025-02-26 17:13:23 UTC

Popular sources are never appropriate to use in scholarly writing

2025-02-26 17:13:27 UTC

Wikipedia should never be used a source.

2025-02-26 17:13:41 UTC

Articles are better than books

2025-02-26 17:13:43 UTC

Just because you see a reference for something doesn't mean the information is correct. (You need to go to the reference to check the primary lit)

Wikipedia is unreliable due to how it is created.

2025-02-26 17:13:44 UTC

2025-02-26 17:14:01 UTC

Peer-reviewed articles are the pinnacle of information and should be prioritized

2025-02-26 17:14:03 UTC

Everything in the library is correct.

Finding a stat in multiple sources is equal to credible.

2025-02-26 17:14:22 UTC

Domains

2025-02-26 17:14:33 UTC

Using the domain to determine the credibility of the website.

Grey Lit.

2025-02-26 17:14:52 UTC

White papers aren't meant to be used in research papers.

Myth: Wikipedia = Bad!

2025-02-26 17:14:57 UTC

Fact: Wikipedia is a great source to get a broad overview, but go to the sources listed and access those.

2025-02-26 17:15:06 UTC

all academic journals are high quality

2025-02-26 17:15:35 UTC

Never use Wikipedia