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Terms of Use

You have our permission to reproduce or adapt the content of the following pages:

Library Research at Cornell​ and subsidiary pages, or any other of our guide pages with a link to this guide including, but not limited to,

The Seven Steps of the Research Process;
Critically Analyzing Information Sources;
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Non-Scholarly Periodicals;
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography;
Book Reviews: A Finding Guide;
Encyclopedias Online: Use Subject Encyclopedias to Understand Your Topic;
Citation Styles: Handbooks, Resources, and Guides;
and
Evaluating News Sources [aka Misinformation, Disinformation, and Propaganda]

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provided that you follow the provisions of
this Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License [aka CC BY-NC-SA 4.0].

Summary of license conditions

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Exception

The following Web page is not covered by this permission document: Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Consider formerly Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages. Please contact Jim Kapoun for permission to use this content.

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Updated 07 February 2025
Michael Engle
Reference Librarian
Olin Library
Research & Learning Services
Cornell University Library