Evaluating Your Sources

As one of the requirements for our next essay is to have five sources, we are going to spend our class time today learning how to evaluate our sources. This will involve learning about the CRAAP strategy (a funny name, I know) as well as finding some good places to start looking up sources and doing some research in class based on the CRAAP criteria. The following links will be used in class today.

UIUC Main Library Page

UIUC List of Libraries 

CQ Researcher 

CRAAP Power Point 

Evaluating Sources of Information 

For the final part of today's class we are going to be practicing finding a possible source for our debate next Thursday. The debatable idea I would like you to find a credible source of support for is: Capital Punishment is not an ethical way to punish criminals. Using the CRAAP criteria, you will fill out the handout with a partner in class. The handout is worth 20 points. This is your time to show me that you understand what constitutes a good, credible source and that you know how to critically evaluate the sources you will be reviewing.