Category Archives: Research

See introduction for this series here. Before you begin searching for sources, it’s important to consider the nature of your question and its importance. These two dimensions will help direct your search while also providing a better foundation for evaluating sources. What Is Your Question? It seems so simple, but it isn’t always. Here areContinue reading “Evaluating Sources: What Is Your Question?”

Understanding how to evaluate sources is a skill sorely lacking in today’s world. There are many factors we could blame: the overwhelming amount of information (good and bad) available at our fingertips, the rise of social media and its ethically dubious use of algorithms to direct our attention, the tribalism of our politics and resultingContinue reading “Evaluating Sources”