{"id":246,"date":"2020-05-26T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/writing-workshop\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=246"},"modified":"2024-04-25T01:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:10:51","slug":"introduction-to-finding-and-evaluating-sources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/chapter\/introduction-to-finding-and-evaluating-sources\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Finding and Evaluating Sources","rendered":"Introduction to Finding and Evaluating Sources"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: describe methods for effectively finding and evaluating online and database sources <img class=\"size-medium wp-image-746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/05\/24200214\/database-schema-1895779_1280-300x262.png\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/h2>\r\nIn this Writing Workshop, we will be looking at three key skills for finding and evaluating sources: Understanding Academic Sources, Using Databases, and Evaluating Online Sources.\r\n\r\nOnce you are competent in these areas, you will be able to approach research and research essays with confidence, knowing that you have found credible sources that support your claims.","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: describe methods for effectively finding and evaluating online and database sources <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-746 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/05\/24200214\/database-schema-1895779_1280-300x262.png\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>In this Writing Workshop, we will be looking at three key skills for finding and evaluating sources: Understanding Academic Sources, Using Databases, and Evaluating Online Sources.<\/p>\n<p>Once you are competent in these areas, you will be able to approach research and research essays with confidence, knowing that you have found credible sources that support your claims.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-246\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Finding and Evaluating Sources. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Adrienne Kaufmann for Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul 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