CRAAP!
The two important facets to this aspect of CRAAP is whether the source is the original research or account and whether it is the most recent version of the research.
Currency
Many academic libraries use this book classification system, while others use the Dewey Decimal System.
Library of Congress Classification
An overview of the key question or problem that the paper addresses, why it is important, and the key conclusion(s) (i.e., thesis or theses) of the paper.
introduction
This is the first step
STOP!
Research writers should look at the dates of publication of the cited sources in a source to assess this important aspect of CRAAP.
Currency
To find scholarly articles, you need to look in this
database
A one-paragraph summary of the article: its purpose, methods, findings, and significance.
abstract
This is the investigate phase of evaluating websites
research the author briefly
When research writers are assessing the authors credentials, they are using this part of CRAAP
Authority
These have a little bit of everything (like a big retail store). Examples include Google Scholar, the library articles search, or JSTOR.
general databases
A full explanation of the key findings of the study.
results
A lot of things you find on the internet have been stripped of this. That is why we must trace the origins of the claim in a web source.
context
The research writer who asks themselves, 'How does this source contribute to my research paper?' is exercising this part of the CRAAP method.
Relevancy
allows targeted searching on one or more specific subject areas
specialized database
An explanation of what data or information the author(s) used and what they did with it.
Data and methods
You want your paper to contain sources written by these kinds of authors, not businessmen with commercial interests.
unbiased and professional experts
The more an idea, opinion, or other piece of information varies from the accepted point of view on a particular topic the harder it is to establish this.
Accuracy
If you’re reading a scholarly article in a library database, you can make use of both kinds of these which are selected by the author and are usually determined by the database.
keywords
A synthesis of all the relevant prior research (the so-called “academic literature” on the subject) that explains why the paper makes an original and important contribution to the body of knowledge.
literature review
This is the third step.
FIND BETTER COVERAGE. Read laterally. Once you get to the source of a claim, read what other people say about the source.