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For the most part, professors will require you to use scholarly articles for college-level research. These are quite different from the articles you might read in newspapers, magazines, and online.
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How can you tell if information you find is trustworthy? Sometimes information can be unreliable, especially when dealing with onlline sources. If you're not sure about a source, just ask yourself, is it CRAAP?
The CRAAP Test is a list of questions that can help you more effectively evaluate information:
Currency - the timeliness of the information.
Relevance - the usefulness of the information to your needs.
Authority - the source of the information.
Accuracy - the reliability and truthfulness of the information.
Purpose - the reason the information exists in this format.
The CRAAP test was developed by staff at Meriam Library, California State University, Chico