Finding Reliable Sources

Databases

See the Media Center page for links

If you do Google…Use Key Words and Search Limiters• Use quotation marks:

• Combine Terms:

• Exclude Terms:

Evaluate Search Engine Results

Evaluating Sources

Use the CRAAP Test for each source

Who wrote it?

Why was it written?

When was it written?

What type of website is it on?

What kind of language is used?

Is the information relevant?

One more time:

When research goes wrong…

http://www.dhmo.org/http://checkplease.humorfeed.com/issues/0101/2004JuneDHMO.phphttp://www.nbcnews.com/id/4534017/

Works Cited Entries

I’ve found my 5 sources…now what?

MLA Format- How to Cite

The Owl at Purdue

Reading and annotating