Evaluating Internet Sources
C.R.A.A.P Test.
Currency
- When was the information published or posted?
Relevance
- Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question and who is the intended audience?
Authority
- What are the author's qualifications to write on the topic? Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source? For example: .edu (educational), .gov (government)?
Accuracy
- Is the information supported by evidence and has the information been reviewed or refereed?
Purpose
- What is the purpose of the information? to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?
Finding Articles
DSC Library has over 80 databases that you may access to find full text articles. Below are just a few databases that will help jumpstart your search.
Note: Login in the SSO option using your DSC Email and Password.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAccess back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.
- Humanities Source This link opens in a new windowOver 500 English-language periodicals covering literature and language, history, philosophy, archaeology, classical studies, folklore, gender studies, performing arts, history, religion and theology. Many articles in full text.
- Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowContains the complete archived contents of Contemporary Literary Criticism.
- Literature Resources from Gale This link opens in a new windowArtemis Literary Sources integrates full-text literary content with metadata and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to analyze information. You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
- Salem Literature This link opens in a new windowSalem Literature distills the best of both classic and current literary criticism; provides authoriative, in-depth analysis suitable for students and teachers. Includes MasterPlots,
which critiques the most important works of literature in all genres - long fiction, short fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction. - Lit Finder This link opens in a new windowIncludes access to three databases: Poem Finder, Story Finder, and Essay/Speech/Play Finder. Poem Finder is the largest, most comprehensive and most current poetry database available. It is a one-stop resource for locating over 4 1/2 million lines of poetry.
- Literary Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new windowThis resource includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; 75,000 articles of literary criticism; 130,000 author biographies; full text of more than 300 literary journals; 500,000 book reviews; 25,000 classic & contemporary poems; over 11,000 classic & contemporary short stories; full text of more than 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006); over 3,000 author interviews; and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.
- Biography in Context This link opens in a new windowSearch for detailed magazine, newspaper, and journal articles on the world's most influential people.
- General Reference Center Gold This link opens in a new windowIncludes national news magazines, encyclopedias, core business journals, Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service newspaper articles, more than 15 reference books, and more than 2,000 titles, including 1,200 in full text.
