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LART 3010
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Critically evaluate information using applicable criteria
Evaluating Information
What is your criteria?
Evaluating Information: CRAAP
Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose
Find good CRAAP not bad CRAAP
Evaluating Information
READ Reliability Evidence Authority Date
TACO Timeliness Authority Coverage Objectivity
ART Accurate Responsible Type
Students from Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, MI
Evaluate: Authority
Determine the need for an expert or popular perspective
Who is the author? What are the author’s credentials? What affiliations does the author have? Is contact information provided?
Who published the work? Who sponsored the work?
Evaluate: Currency
Determine the need for a contemporary or historical perspective for your topic
When was it written? When was the information published? Are there multiple editions? Examine the currency of the references
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Evaluate: Content, Coverage
Determine the information need
Who is the intended audience? What is the purpose? scope? Examine objectivity, accuracy Is the information verifiable? Evaluate overall quality Evaluate overall usefulness, appropriateness
Resources for students
Teen GALILEO
Reading Informational (RI)
ELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards Discover GALILEO offers a single search of
resources with magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles as well as book chapters
Reading Literary (RL)
ELACCXRL: Reading Literary Standards NoveList K-8
Book and author recommendations Curriculum-based book lists (by grade and topic) Picture Book Extenders
Literary Reference Center Literary Criticism Plot Summaries Full-text classics – poems, stories, some books
NoveList K-8
Literary Reference Center
Informational Text
ELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards SIRS Discoverer
General reference Newspapers, magazines Government documents Educational weblinks Photos, charts, maps
SIRS Discoverer
History/Social Studies (RH)
History Reference Center
Digital Library of Georgia
Library of Congress American Memory
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Science & Technical Subjects (RST)
Middle Search Plus
The Math Forum
National Science Digital Library
WolframAlpha
Resources for educators
Common Core Correlations
SIRS Discoverer Educators’ Resources Common Core Correlations
On-Level Text
Many GALILEO resources include Lexile scores
Encyclopædia Britannica
Look in Teachers’ Resources in any grade level Click the orange buttons for Curriculum Standards
Stay Connected, Find Support
Your Media Specialist & Media Center GLMA blog
GA Library Media Association GALILEO staff post monthly
Library of Congress lesson plans & more that meet Common Core
standards Smithsonian Education
searchable by topic, discipline, and grade level
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