Class Session: October 22, 2020

Agenda

  • Share brainstorms
  • Finding Sources in the library
  • Evaluating sources (handout) ( PDF )

First things…

DISCUSSION PAGE: Please post a research topic – with some detail – on this discussion page.

  • Please respond to at least two posting with a considered reaction. Can you suggest something related that the poster may want to know about? Have you seen or read an article, a book, or a television show/movie that is related to their topic? Please let them know about it.

CLASS DISCUSSION

Let’s look at the topics that have been posted and respond to them.

  • Do we see any trends?
  • What jumped out as very interesting?
  • Are there any topics that strike you as particularly challenging because they seem too big to take on in a short period of time?
  • Any other thoughts?

Finding Sources in the library

Let’s start at the City College Library main page: https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/

  • Looking at OneSearch (and search results)
  • Looking at the databases
  • How to save an article
  • How to collect the citation

Evaluating sources

HANDOUT (PDF) Evaluating Information –Applying the CRAAP Test (SORRY!!! I don’t make these names up.)

Below is a capsule summary of the handout. Please see the full document for more details.

  • Currency: The timeliness of the information.
  • Relevance: The importance of the information for your needs.
  • Authority: The source of the information.
  • Accuracy: The reliability, truthfulness and correctness of the content.
  • Purpose: The reason the information exists.