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2. Decide on Your Topic
• Mind Map or Outline Your Thoughts to
Determine Sub-Topics

4. Electronic Resources

5. Databases:
A collection of magazine or journal
articles in a single location. Also
includes reference materials or
images.

6. Don’t Forget to Search These:
• Videos
• Personal Interviews (Skype an expert)

7. Gather Sources

8. A Few Tools to Help Organize Sources

10. Evaluate Sources
Use the CRAAP
method

11. The CRAAP Method
•C urrency
•R elevance
•A uthority
•A ccuracy
•P urpose

12. Other Things to Think About with Websites
• Is this someone’s personal page?
– Look for names in the URL
– Is it published by a free website creator?
– EX: http://cnapolitano.weebly.com/
• What is the domain?
– .gov, .edu, .org, .com
– Think about country codes
– EX: http://www.ghost-
story.co.uk/stories/battleofgettysburg.html
• Use the first part of the URL to see who the publisher is
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-
science/signs-of-alzheimers-but-not-other-dementias

13. Print or
Digital
Content
Creation?
Synthesize Information

14. Citation Management Tools