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Spirituality: A Research Guide

Guide for students enrolled in Prof. Thiese's College Reading and Writing II courses.

Finding Credible Information on the Web

When you do any kind of research, you will find there is a LOT of information out there.

Using the Library and searching through Primo for scholarly sources (books, articles, videos, etc.) is one way to limit your resources to credible information, but what about when you are allowed to have ANY resource as long as it is from a "good" source? How do you know if the information you find on the web is credible and reliable? 

Well, you are in the right place, your friendly research librarians got you - below are some tools to help you tell if the information you want to use is from a credible source or not. 

The C.R.A.A.P. Test

Keyword Vocabularies

Explore Your Topic Using an Encyclopedia