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The document provides guidelines for evaluating sources when conducting research. It emphasizes that sources should be relevant to the topic, accurate, and current. Researchers should separate facts from opinions, cite sources of ideas and opinions, and provide details to fully develop ideas. When researching, it's important to logically piece ideas together to create a strong argument and to limit searches by publication, date range, and full text availability. Sources should also be authoritative and neutral rather than biased.

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Evaluating Sources
R is for Relevance
A is for Accuracy Check your facts. Separate opinions from facts. Credit sources of ideas and opinions.
D is for Details Be sure to include Develop each main all the key idea by providing components of the details to topic. explain, illustrate and explore the concepts thoroughly. Piece the ideas together logically, to create a powerful argument.
C is for Currency Define the time that is RELEVANT to your topic. Use that information to limit or broaden your search. Be sure to include information and sources that represent the full range of time RELEVANT to your topic.
1 2 3 Limit your results by selecting: 1. Specify the newspaper or other publication 2. Articles published within a specific window of time 2 3. Full text articles
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A is for Authority Having or marked by an advanced degree of Having or showing skill; expert. competence, as in an Requiring specialized ability or art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning. training: a skilled trade.
B is for Bias Pro Neutral Con An opinion that deviates from the neutral has bias.

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  • 2. R is for Relevance
  • 3. A is for Accuracy Check your facts. Separate opinions from facts. Credit sources of ideas and opinions.
  • 4. D is for Details Be sure to include Develop each main all the key idea by providing components of the details to topic. explain, illustrate and explore the concepts thoroughly. Piece the ideas together logically, to create a powerful argument.
  • 5. C is for Currency Define the time that is RELEVANT to your topic. Use that information to limit or broaden your search. Be sure to include information and sources that represent the full range of time RELEVANT to your topic.
  • 6. 1 2 3 Limit your results by selecting: 1. Specify the newspaper or other publication 2. Articles published within a specific window of time 2 3. Full text articles
  • 8. A is for Authority Having or marked by an advanced degree of Having or showing skill; expert. competence, as in an Requiring specialized ability or art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning. training: a skilled trade.
  • 9. B is for Bias Pro Neutral Con An opinion that deviates from the neutral has bias.