ARTH 271: High Renaissance (Spring 2022): Library Instruction Day

Evaluating Sources

* Please make note of your Breakout Room number. Group number = Breakout Room number in Zoom.

• Open the link that corresponds to your Group Number
• Discuss and answer the questions in the Google Doc as a group
• Designate one person to report back to the class

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5

GROUP 6

Finding Sources

* Please make note of your Breakout Room number. Group number = Breakout Room number in Zoom.

• Open the link that corresponds to your Group Number
• Follow prompts to locate a source and then discuss and answer the questions in the Google Doc as a group
• Designate one person to report back to the class

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5

GROUP 6

Evaluating sources

• Authority: Author’s credentials, area of expertise, publications, affiliation, etc. The authority of the source: Is it peer reviewed? Is it discipline-specific?
• Objectivity: Is there evidence of bias? 
• Accuracy: Peer review, citations, references. 
• Currency: Is the information up to date? If an older source -- is it relevant to the historical moment you are researching? 
• Relevance: Can it help answer your research questions and/or generate new questions?

Distinguishing among types of journals

• Types of Journals