Evans Library: *: Evaluate Sources

The CRAAP Test

Use the CRAAP test to help you evaluate your sources.

CRAAP Test Worksheet

Evaluating Scholarly Publications

Know the Difference Between Scholarly, Professional and Popular Publications

What's the difference between scholarly, professional and popular publications? How can you tell the difference? Why is it important? Start by looking at this handout from the Evans Library and then take a look at the two short videos. You'll be a wiz in no time!

Scholarly Journals and Poplular Magazines

Watch this short video from Vanderbilt University to learn the difference between scholarly and popular publications.

Evaluating Internet Sources - Guides

Use these resources to evaluate your web sources.

CRAAP Test worksheet
CRAAP Test is a handy checklist to use when evaluating a web resource (or ANY resource). The test provides a list of questions to ask yourself when deciding whether or not a source is reliable and credible enough to use in your academic research paper. CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.
RADAR rubric
Evaluating Information Sources: RADAR is a framework that can help you remember what kinds of questions you should be asking about an information source as you evaluate it for quality and usefulness in your research.

Peer Review in 5 Minutes

In 5 minutes, viewers of this video will become familiar with the peer-review process and understand its significance to new knowledge production and scholarly research. Watch a higher quality version with captioning here: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/pr
This video was created at North Carolina State University Libraries

Identifying Scholarly Articles

Now that you know the difference between scholarly and popular publications - learn how to tell the difference between the articles in those sources. This short video is from the Cornell University Library's "Research Minute" series.