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Critical Evaluation of Resources
This page has lots of information about critically evaluating sources you may come across in your research. Some questions to keep in mind are:
Is your source scholarly or popular?
How credible is your source?
Is it a primary source, a secondary source, or a tertiary source? What type of source do you need?
How can you evaluate web sources?
Evaluation of Sources
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