As you are working on your studies, you will come across many different resources. The goal of this guide is to teach you how to successfully evaluate these resources to determine if they are appropriate for your assignment, project, or research. Specifically, it will cover:
identifying various publication types
evaluating websites
evaluating publication types for appropriateness for scholarly research
methods for evaluating resources
identifying peer-reviewed sources
identifying primary and secondary sources
identifying research articles
Evaluating resources webinar series
Video: What is this stuff? Identifying Materials in the Walden Library (YouTube) Note: The reference citations used as examples are in APA 6 style.