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
Library Skills for 2nd Year Biological Sciences
This tutorial covers library skills required for students in 200-level Biological Sciences courses. Learn how to identify sources of information, navigate journal articles and search for literature.
Biological Sciences Databases
Note: If you search in Web of Science - All Databases, you can simultaneously search both BIOSIS and Zoological Record along with the Web of Science Core Collection, Medline and more.
Interdisciplinary Science Databases
Health Sciences Databases
To determine whether a journal is peer reviewed, search for it in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and look for the little referee symbol: .