Romel Espinel Reference/Instruction Librarian Berkeley College Libraries THINKING INFORMATION & CRITICAL
Romel Espinel
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Berkeley College Libraries
THINKING INFORMATION&CRITICAL
You’re going to need resources that will
back up what you are trying to argue.
I hope these guys behind
me are reliable.
Authority- Who is the author(s)?
Currency- When was it published or how often is a website updated?
Coverage- What kind of information is provided and what kind of sources do they use.
Accuracy-How accurate is the information?
Objectivity – Is the information objective or at least attempts objectivity?
Have collected published articles from magazines, academic journals, websites, newspapers, etc.
Are updated regularly as often as every three months
Are organize by subject.
Look at all those results!
You can’t use the first two results because
they are from Wikipedia; it’s a
known unreliable information source.
Let’s check out this one.
Who is DPIC? How current is this website? How accurate? How objective?
This takes time to verify this site
Email the Articles to Yourself
Why?
1. Saves time if you need to go back to them.
2. Emailed articles include the citations you need for
your bibliography (works cited).