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Introduction to Library Research: Evaluating Your Sources

This guide provides help in getting started on a research project. It covers topic selection, finding resources, evaluating sources, writing tips and more. It includes a virtual tour of Trexler Library

Using Evidence

How to use evidence in your paper This handout from University of North Carolina will provide a broad overview of gathering and using evidence. It will help you decide what counts as evidence, put evidence to work in your writing, and determine whether you have enough evidence. It will also offer links to additional resources. 

Online Tutorials

Films on Demand Videos

Films On Demand can be accessed via the Trexler Library Home Page.  To search the database, click on 'A to Z Databases', sign in, and choose 'Films On Demand."  Enter the title of the video you want to view on the search bar and click the magnifying glass at the end of the bar.  Select your title from the retrieved selection of titles.

Following are links to several titles that have been judged to be best sources for information on identifying credible sources.

1. Internet Research: What's Credible?    (28:57 minutes)    https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=58373#

2. Introduction to Information Literacy. Segment 4: Determining Credibility of Internet Sources.   (05:12 minutes)   https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=116779&tScript=0

3. Information Literacy: The Perils of Online Research.   Segments 4 and 8.   (21:37 minutes)    https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=35675&tScript=0

4.  Public Speaking: Incorporating Research, Visual Aids, and Multimedia.  Segment 2 : A Question of Credibility.  (03:26 minutes)     https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=117905&loid=431155&tScript=0

 

 

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