WRIT 159: Religion and New Media: Home

Welcome to the library guide for WRIT 159: Religion and New Media. Please let one of us know if you have any questions about doing research.

Today we'll cover the following:

• What are sources?
• Finding sources
• Evaluating sources

For further information:

• reading call numbers
• borrowing beyond Wellesley
• get more help from a librarian
• learn about citing sources

Ask yourself about these 5 items to evaluate a source's usefulness for your purposes.

1. Currency: how timely is the information?
2. Relevance: how important is the source for your research needs?
3. Authority: who is the source of the information?
4. Accuracy: how reliable, truthful, or correct is the source?
5. Purpose: why does the source exist?

Questions derived from Juniata College Library's CRAAP worksheet.

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