English 202 - New: Home

Don't forget Krista's search tips!

1. Search words not sentences. 
   • See a preposition (of, from, to, about, etc.) or an article (the, an, a)? Take it out!
2. Try variations on your keywords.
   • Ex. solar energy or solar power or renewable power or renewable energy
3. Put phrases in quotation marks
   • Ex.:  "mental health" or "horror movie" or "strength training"
   • Do not use for single words
4. Stuck for 10 minutes or more?  Chat for help.

Credible sources: 

• Are reliable
• Are trustworthy
• Present information based on strong evidence
• Provide accurate information
• Limit bias
• Indicate or provide sources used for information
• Indicate authorship (individual or organization)
• Provide date of information, news, viewpoint, etc., presented

Examples can include:  newspaper articles, journal articles, magazine articles, reports, conference papers, etc.

Scholarly sources

One type of credible source.  Scholarly sources are written by experts in the field (meaning they have education, training, and experience in the area or topic at hand), provide a lot of documentation regarding where the information that is presented came from (i.e., they cite a lot of sources), and are evaluated or peer reviewed by other experts in the field.