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Understanding and Evaluating Information

Library 160--Intro To College-Level Research

In this free eTextbook from the Iowa State University Librarians, you will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.

Full text: https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/lib160/