Instruction & Outreach Faculty Librarian Teaching Presentation
This instructional session is designed to help you feel better prepared to evaluate sources to use in your college classes. Upon completion of this session:
- Given a possible source to use for a college assignment, students will be able to identify features of the source as a way to evaluate if it could be used for that assignment.
- Given an explanation of a standard evaluation strategy, students will be able to identify how the features they described can be incorporated into an organized evaluation method.
- Students will feel more confident than they did prior to attending the instructional session because they know where to get help with finding and evaluating sources.
1. Identify features of a source as a way to evaluate if it could be used for an assignment.
To get practice critically thinking about your sources, split into three groups and determine who will take notes. Each group will be given a resource and asked to determine if they would use the source for the Problem/Solution essay assignment. Describe characteristics your group considered when making this decision. Be specific! Use examples from your source to justify your decision.
Click this link for a document where you can see your group's source and where your group will take notes. Make sure to include a final decision about whether or not you would use your source for this assignment!
Click this link for a document where you can see your group's source and where your group will take notes. Make sure to include a final decision about whether or not you would use your source for this assignment!
2. Identify how the described features described can be incorporated into an organized evaluation method.
3. Know where to get help with finding and evaluating sources.
I know that there's a lot to consider when evaluating and selecting sources, and you might still have questions, even after this session. That's what librarians are for! You can always contact me, but there are also several other options for you to contact any Barber Library librarian.
Just look for this icon for 24/7 support or go to the Help page (the purple box), click Ask a Librarian and you'll find all the ways to connect to someone who can help with all your library needs!
Just look for this icon for 24/7 support or go to the Help page (the purple box), click Ask a Librarian and you'll find all the ways to connect to someone who can help with all your library needs!