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Albert S. Cook LibraryResearch and Instruction
Sarah CrestHealth Science Subject Liason, Research and Instruction [email protected]
Sarah EspinosaLibrary Resident for Diversity and [email protected]
The CRAAP Test
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Designed by librarians at CSU Chico: http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf
Dorling Kindersley / Universal Images Group. (2014) Reference Book. [Photography]. Retrieved from Encyclopaedia Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/images/118_794530
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Handbooks (instruction books)
Textbooks
Media for Medical/UIG. (n.d.) GPS device on map. [Photography]. Retrieved from EncyclopaediaBritannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_3875582
Database citations tend to be incorrectly
formatted, but include useful information
Use the APA citation guide from Cook Library
You can also use Purdue OWL:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
TEK IMAGE / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group. (n.d.) Books. [Photography]. Retrieved from Encyclopaedia Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_3875582
Journal articles
Book chapters
Subject-specific databases
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. (2011) Los Angeles freeway clears out ahead of major repairs. [Photography]. Retrieved from Encyclopaedia Britannica ImageQuest. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_3875582
Identifying keyword synonyms, connecting with OR
Children OR youth OR adolescents OR teenagers
Identifying your population
Over 65? With Alzheimer's? In the military?
Connecting unlike terms with AND
“health care” AND “business”
Citation chasing
following hyperlinks, references to locate new resources
Look in a different database, maybe one in a different subject area
Discover 3 scholarly resources
One from a source listed under Background Information
on the Subject Gateway
One from an EBSCO source listed under Articles on the
Subject Gateway
One from Scopus
Submit your resources using the Google form at
Ask your librarians questions!
Sara Arnold-GarzaPolitical Science Subject Liason, Research and Instruction [email protected]
Sarah EspinosaLibrary Resident for Diversity and [email protected]
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