First-year Student Source Evaluation: Methods, Misunderstandings, and Madness

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Author(s)Barefoot, Maria
Author(s)Cao, Yuqiao
Author(s)Wallis, Lauren
Date Accessioned2023-03-21T14:17:01Z
Date Available2023-03-21T14:17:01Z
Publication Date2023-03-17
DescriptionThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
AbstractThis poster shares the results of a study about the source evaluation practices of first-year college students: how students describe source types and the criteria they apply when evaluating the usefulness and credibility of scholarly and popular sources. Results indicate that students relied on surface-level indicators. Student voices showed misconceptions about the creation of scholarly information, confusion around the peer review process, and difficulty identifying source types. Results help justify the need for librarians to work with faculty to develop lessons toward in-depth discussion of information creation, types of information designations, and evaluation strategies that go beyond a single source.
CitationBarefoot, M., Cao, Y., Wallis, L. (2023). First-year student source evaluation: Methods, misunderstandings, and madness. [Poster presentation]. Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, PA.
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/32542
Languageen_US
Keywordsinformation literacy
Keywordssource evaluation
Keywordsfirst-year students
TitleFirst-year Student Source Evaluation: Methods, Misunderstandings, and Madness
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