Evaluating Resources
This is the name of the test designed by a librarian to assist researchers in determining the quality of their source.
What is The CRAAP Test?
A journal article:
Matteson, Miriam L. “The Whole Student: Cognition, Emotion, and Information Literacy.” College and Research Libraries, no. 6, Nov. 2014, pp. 862-77.
What is a volume number?
Matteson, Miriam L. “The Whole Student: Cognition, Emotion, and Information Literacy.” College and Research Libraries, vol.75, no. 6, Nov. 2014, pp. 862-77.
Identify the missing element in this parenthetical citation using MLA citation style:
As the text opens, we are reminded that: "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day (Bronte)."
What is a page number?
As the beginning of the novel shows, "Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing (London 1903)."
What is the publication year?
Publication years are used in APA citation style, not MLA citation style.
This type of logic uses claim, grounds, and warrant for analyzing the logic of an argument.
What is Toulmin Logic?
While their information may be a good place to start your research process, this is not considered a valid reference for a research paper.
What is Wikipedia?
An episode of a television series:
“Comic Sans.” Orange is the New Black, created by Jenji Kohan, performance by Taylor Schilling, season 2, episode 7, 2014.
What is a publisher or content holder?
“Comic Sans.” Orange is the New Black, created by Jenji Kohan, performance by Taylor Schilling, season 2, episode 7, Netflix, 2014.
Identify the missing element in this parenthetical citation, for a work with no known author, using MLA citation style:
We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change...” (6).
What is a title?
We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change...” ("Title" 6).
As The Great Gatsby opens, Nick reflects on his father's advice. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had (Fitzgerald, 1) ."
What is the comma?
MLA citation style does not contain commas in parenthetical citations:
As The Great Gatsby opens, Nick reflects on his father's advice. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had (Fitzgerald 1) ."
It's what the "C" in "CRAAP Test" stands for.
What is "Currency"(Timeliness)?
A disadvantage of using Google for research is that it can be used to spread this.
What is False Information?
A song:
Adele. “Hello.” 25. XL Recordings,.
What is a publication year?
Adele. “Hello.” 25. XL Recordings, 2015.
In a work by two authors:
A 2016 study suggests that stricter gun control in the United States will significantly prevent accidental shootings (Strong 23).
What is the other author's name?
A 2016 study suggests that stricter gun control in the United States will significantly prevent accidental shootings (Strong and Ellis 23).
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. .1
What is the footnote?
MLA citation style does not use footnotes. This is an example of Chicago citation style.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife (Austen 1)."
Besides indicating non-essential elements, and separating items in a list, we use commas for this purpose.
What is indicating introductory clauses?
In this question, we reviewed comma usage.
.gov and this URL ending are generally better than .com sites for research purposes.
What is .org?
A blog entry:
Clancy, Kate. “Defensive Scholarly Writing and Science Communication.” Context and Variation, Scientific American Blogs, 24 Apr. 2013,
What is a URL?
Clancy, Kate. “Defensive Scholarly Writing and Science Communication.” Context and Variation, Scientific American Blogs, 24 Apr. 2013,blogs.scientificamerican.com/context-and-variation/defensive-scholarly-writing-and-science-communication.
An Indirect Source:
Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as “social service centers, and they don't do that well” (Weisman 259).
What is an abbreviation indicating that the author was quoted in the source?
Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as “social service centers, and they don't do that well” (qtd. in Weisman 259).
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, (Dickens, 1859)."
What is the comma and the publication year?
These are hallmarks of APA citation style. MLA citation style has neither.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, (Dickens 1)."
The Acronym FANBOYS, used to indicate coordinate conjunctives (used with a comma to connect independent clauses in a sentence) stands for these coordinate clauses.
What are For, And,Nor,But,Or,Yet, So?
Cutting and pasting information without providing proper this is a form of plagiarism.
What is proper attribution?
A You Tube Video:
"How Victorian Children's Toys Caused Chilling Deaths|Absolute History." uploaded by Absolute History, 17, October, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im4iekcPlc0
What is YouTube?
"How Victorian Children's Toys Caused Chilling Deaths|Absolute History." YouTube, uploaded by Absolute History, 17, October, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im4iekcPlc0
A scene from time sensitive media:
Buffy’s promise that “there’s not going to be any incidents like at my old school” is obviously not one on which she can follow through (“Hush”).
What is a timestamp?
Buffy’s promise that “there’s not going to be any incidents like at my old school” is obviously not one on which she can follow through (“Hush”00:03:16-17).
"It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen (George Orwell 1)".
What is the author's first name?
We do not include this information in a parethetical citation.
A Works Cited page should be formatted according to this:
What is the author's last name, or title?