Activities: Evaluating Information

Check your knowledge!

What do I do if my sources are not peer-reviewed?

Ask yourself if they have to be.

Use an evaluation strategy.

Give up and find a different topic.

Practice applying evaluation criteria to different types of sources through this activity.

  • Choose one of the strategies covered in this module (TRAAP, 5Ws, SIFT) and use it to evaluate a source you found for your research. [Don’t have a source handy? Use this one Links to an external site. or this one Links to an external site.!]  Is it easy to find the information you’re looking for? Does the source actually “pass” the test? If not, you may want to revisit your search results or find more reliable sources of information. 

Congratulations! You’ve finished the Evaluating Information module. Check it off the Tutorial Action Plan!