13 Digital Research Tools To Help Students Understand Credibility

Lesson 6: There are different rules for citation depending on what form you're using.

Lesson 1: Not all sources are created equal.

Lesson 2: Access matters.

Lesson 3: Want credibility? Cite your sources.

Lesson 4: Wikipedia is neither good nor bad. Like anything, it's a matter of citation.

Lesson 5: The internet never forgets. (It's out there somewhere.)

Lesson 11: Go as close as you can to the original source.

Lesson 8: You can combine digital search with academic content.

Lesson 9: Metrics can help demonstrate credibility, but popularity and credibility are not the same.

Lesson 13: Google doesn't make info easy to find based on credibility, but rather searchability, indexing, and other "SEO" logistics.

Lesson 12: There is a difference between primary and secondary sources--and both matter.

Lesson 7: Curation and readability are critical parts of digital research.

Lesson 10: Question everything--even if you like the source.