Checking sources for assignments (in-person) In-Person
Overview
This 45 min workshop covers fact checking and evaluating skills that will help you avoid unreliable sources and build your views and arguments on solid evidence. Being able to critically evaluate information is an important life skill and essential for academic and professional success. This session is relevant to all information consumers.
Key areas covered
- Distinguishing between quality vs unreliable information
- Finding reliable sources
- Applying the SIFT fact checking method to check academic, news media, and social media sources
- Evaluating information using the TRAAP checklist
Essex students: book your place here!
We encourage students to book onto our workshops via CareerHub in order to keep a record of their learning
Don't have access to CareerHub? You can register below.
It's not a requirement to pre-register for our workshops. You can decide on the day to join us on the day by joining us in the Library Learning Room on the ground floor of the Albert Sloman Library, Colchester Campus.
Related LibGuide: Skills at Library by Oona Ylinen
- Date:
- Tuesday 12 March 2024
- Time:
- 14:30 - 15:30
- Time Zone:
- UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
- Location:
- Library Learning Room
- Campus:
- Colchester
- Audience:
- Postgraduate - Research Postgraduate - Taught Undergraduate
- Categories:
- Workshop
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