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Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGSS)

A guide to resources and library services for research in the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

Evaluating Information

Finding information on your topic is one of the first steps in the research process but it is not the last. Once you find information that you want to use, you should evaluate before using it. Analyzing information helps you learn to assess information for relevancy, reliability, accuracy, authority, and bias. 

Evaluating your sources - Using the CRAAP Test

SIFT method of evaluation

Evaluating online information