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Evaluation Criteria
Boolean
Searching & URLs
Critical Thinking
Miscellaneous
100
How recently the information was published, and how up to date it is.
What is currency?
100
The three main Boolean operators?
What is AND, OR, and NOT?
100
A database option that contains the phrases used to describe what an article is about.
What is the "Thesaurus", or "Subject Terms"?
100
Gives a first-hand account of an event.
What is a primary source?
100
Has articles written by staff writers.
What are newspapers and magazines?
200
Has a PhD, has published several books and multiple articles on the subject.
What is the author's credentials, or authority?
200
Used to expand a search
What is OR?
200
The exact phrases used by a catalog or database to describe its contents.
What are subject terms?
200
Gives an account of an event that is influenced by a particular point of view.
What is a subjective source?
200
A student ID card.
What do you need to check out books from the SAU library?
300
Has information supported by evidence, and is verifiable by outside sources.
What is accuracy?
300
These Boolean operators NARROW you search.
What is AND and NOT?
300
The fastest way to find magazine or journal articles on a topic.
What are online periodical indexes, like EBSCOhost?
300
Ask a librarian
What should you do if you need help finding information?
300
Reviewed by experts in the field prior to publication.
What are peer reviewed journals?
400
Is written at an appropriate level for your needs, and contains valuable information for your topic.
What is relevance?
400
Used to exclude information.
What is NOT?
400
Used to see if the SAU library owns a particular book.
What is the online book catalog?
400
Provides extra options and help when using a search engine.
What is the Advanced Search option?
400
Anyone can change the information at any time.
What is Wikipedia?
500
The motivation behind the author's writing.
What is purpose of information?
500
This punctuation searches for an exact phrase.
What is quotation marks?
500
In www.sau.edu, the .edu is this, and in www.cnn.com, the .com is this.
What is the domain name?
500
Knowing how to find information, evaluate it, and use it effectively.
What is information literacy?
500
The effect of personalized search results eliminating certain points of view.
What is the "filter bubble"?