Research Strategy
10 Steps to Better Research:
10. Find a web site.
9. Find a better web site.
8. Find the Library web site.
7. Find books on our topic.
6. Find articles on your topic.
5. Evaluate your information.
4. Cite your information.
3. Find yourself in a library.
2. Find more....
1. Ask Your Questions.
Critical Thinking I
| “Think for yourself and question authority.” -- Timothy Leary |
"What we find changes who we become." -- Peter Morville, Ambient Findability
Critical Thinking II
Be Critical.
Analyze and evaluate your search results. Have you found the most authoritative, accurate, objective, up-to-date, scholarly information available on your research topic?
See Research Help: Evaluating resources for information on assessing web sites and distinguishing between scholarly and non-scholarly publications.
Evaluation Checklist
Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Ask & Strategies for Getting the Answers:
An eight-point evaluation checklist from the UC Berkeley Library.
- What can the URL tell you?
- Who wrote the page? Is he, she, or the authoring institution a qualified authority?
- Is it dated? Current, timely?
- Is information cited authentic?
- Does the page have overall integrity and reliability as a source?
- What's the bias?
- Could the page or site be ironic, like a satire or a spoof?
- If you have questions or reservations, how can you satisfy them?
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