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Human Geography & Planning

Evaluating Information

Use the CRAAP Test

 

Currency - Is it timely?

Relevance - Useful for your purposes?

Authority - Who? What is the source?

Accuracy - References to back it up?

Purpose - Why? Is there a bias?

 

More detailed information on the CRAAP Test

Government Information Sources

Databases for Finding Articles

Human Geography Subject Databases

 

Interdisciplinary Databases

Subject Librarian