Evaluati ng and Using Sources Stephen Francoeur Newman Library Baruch College 4 November 2009 Research Survey to Determine the Mobility of Physicians in the Chicago Area Being Conducted at the University of Chicago with the Aid of Forty [40] National Youth Administration Employees . N.d. New York Public Library. NYPL Digital Gallery. Web. 4 November 2009. <http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1260389>.
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Evaluating and Using
SourcesStephen
FrancoeurNewman LibraryBaruch College
4 November 2009
Research Survey to Determine the Mobility of Physicians in the Chicago Area Being Conducted at the University of Chicago with the Aid of Forty [40] National Youth Administration Employees. N.d. New York Public Library. NYPL Digital Gallery. Web. 4 November 2009. <http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1260389>.
Learning Goals
Students will be able to:• Evaluate sources based on multiple,
relevant criteria• Distinguish between source types by
analyzing source citations• Compose citations for online sources
Books
Search the Library Catalog
Articles
Search a database, such as:•Academic Search Complete
•LexisNexis Academic
•Opposing Viewpoints
Search Basics
BAD IDEA purpose of a college education
BETTER IDEA
purpose AND college education
BEST IDEA
(purpose OR goal) AND college education
Evaluating Sources
• Date of publication• Scholarly vs. popular• Credibility of author
Scholarly-Popular Continuum
Scholarly Popular
Scholarly Journals
• Audience = fellow scholars
• Long articles• Bibliographies• Jargon• Peer reviewed
Magazines and Newspapers
• Audience = everyday readers
• Short articles• No bibliographies• Everyday language• Not peer reviewed
Credibility
Google the author to learn if author:
– Teaches on this topic?– Written more than once on the topic?– Has degrees related to the topic?– Works in a field related to the topic?
Available at the Library
Sample Citations
Schrecker, Ellen. Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. Print.
Schrecker, Ellen. “McCarthyism: Political Repression and the Fear of Communism.” Social Review 71:4 (2004), 1041-1086. Print.
Thatcher, Margaret. “My Cozy Cottage.” Ladies Home Journal (September 19, 2001), 45-46. Print.
Citing Websites Using MLA
Purdue OWLhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
“Do Professors Matter?”http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/10/30/
katopes
How Was It?
1. What are three things I learned about research today that I didn’t already know?
2. What is one thing about research that we should have covered or that I’m still unclear about?
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