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Introduction to Psychology: Critical Evaluation of Information Sources

This guide is a click-through tutorial on ways to evaluate information sources based on their reliability and potential bias.

Final words

Remember that it can be quick and easy to dismiss a very poor resource. However it takes time and patience to evaluate a source to decide if it's reliable enough to include in your research. If you make a good argument in your paper, but try to support it with poor evidence, you have not made your point! 
Thank you for your time, and remember to ask a librarian for help!

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