Week 4. Library Sources and Databases

Module Objectives

Overview

 

Scholarly articles vs. Popular articles

https://youtu.be/vQuKEDkotSQ

Developing Your Topic

https://youtu.be/x4XZxIqSuyY

Building Your Knowledge Base

https://youtu.be/15f0r2fi0y8

Evaluating Information – Applying the CRAAP Test

• https://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf

Required Reading

Chapter 4: Reasons for Belief and Doubt, pp. 124-133

Auraria Library

Library Tutorials

• http://library.auraria.edu/library_tutorials

Academic Search Primer

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/academic-search-premier

Article Search

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/article-search

Choosing and Using Keywords

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/choosing-using-keywords

The Basics of Peer-Review

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/basics-peer-review

Quality Search for Better Papers

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/quality-research-better-papers

Opposing Viewpoints

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/opposing-viewpoints

America’s News

• http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/americas-news

Technology Tool(s)

Twitter Google Drive

Keywords

Citations