Evaluating Sources - ENGL 401A - First Year Writing (UNH Manchester)

Types of Articles

Details about types of articles
This grid describes the types of periodical articles--scholarly, popular, and newspaper--that you will find in the online databases.

When searching for articles, know what type of periodical it is. This is because each type has its own purpose, intent, audience, etc.

Types:

Magazines
Newspapers
Research Journals

Helpful Tool:

Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals

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Bibliographic and access information for thosands of serials. Entries provide ISSN, publisher, language, subject, abstracting & indexing coverage, full-text database coverage, tables of contents, and reviews written by librarians.

How to Identify Fake News

The following library guides have can help you determine if your news source is credible.

How to Spot Fake News

What is a Peer-Reviewed Article?

Brock University Library. (2014, August 19). What is a 'peer-reviewed' article? [Video file}. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB9pAZPJp_g

Evaluating Sources Video

Western University. (2012, January 3). Evaluating sources [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyMT08mD7Ds

Format Matters

University of Washington Libraries. (2016, March 15). Research 101: Format matters [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB9pAZPJp_g

Credibility is Contextual

University of Washington Libraries. (2016, March 15). Research 101: Credibility is contextual [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB9pAZPJp_g

P.R.O.V.E.N

P.R.O.V.E.N Source Evaluation

ENGL 401A - First Year Writing (UNH Manchester): Evaluating Sources