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Evaluating Print Resources

Rio Salado College's Checklist for Evaluating Research Sources
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For students as well as faculty, this criteria sheet offers a fast and easy way to check our sources for content, currency, organization, purpose, and authenticity.

Internal Evidence: Weighing the Book (or Article) in Hand
http://www.lib.waldenu.edu/judge_3.html
How to evaluate a print source, with 10 questions to ask while reading research materials. Developed by \ the Walden University Library Liaison at Indiana University - Bloomington.

Critically Analyzing
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
This site is clearly laid out and does a good job of teaching how to make an initial appraisal of a resource and then more thoroughly analyze its content. From the Reference Services staff at Cornell University.

Evaluating Resources
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating.htm
Duke University offers a list of points to consider when deciding on the resources to be used for a research paper.