ENG 1113 – Squires

Hi all,

Here’s a brief list of the things we covered in the instruction session today.

Central Search – A large, quick database which searches both books and articles.  Will work for most topics.

Biography Reference Bank – A specialized database for biographical information.  Contains both regular articles and encyclopedia articles.

Evaluation Activity

For the following sources below, use the handout to help evaluate the sources below.  For each source, answer the following questions as a group: 1) Is the information presented in the source useful?  Why or why not?  2) Would you cite the source for your paper?  Give 2 reasons for your decision.

Note: For a few of the links, be sure to open the full-text of the article.

Source #1

Source #2

Source #3

Souce #4

Souce #5