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1984 and Media Literacy: Credible Research

How Credible Are Your Research Results?

More Effective Searches, The First Time

 

Boolean searches:

 

AND   (“high school students” AND “test anxiety”)

OR  (“civil rights” OR “discrimination”)

NOT (cloning NOT sheep)

NEAR  (“opioid addiction” NEAR “New Hampshire”)


Check Sources

Check which sources have linked to this website. If lots of credible websites have, that's a good sign. If a webpage is only linked to itself or to websites about hoaxes, that's a bad sign.

Source Evaluation Process