1. Click on the sub-pages to explore how to evaluate your sources:

• Evaluate by Specific Criteria
• Distinguish Source Types: Popular, Trade and Scholarly Journals
• Identify and Analyze Scholarly Articles
• Identify Research Study Types
• Critically Appraise Research Study Methodology

2. Option: watch videos on this page for further understanding

What is Evidence-Based Nursing?

"An ongoing process by which evidence, nursing theory and the practitioners’ clinical expertise are critically evaluated and considered, in conjunction with patient involvement, to provide delivery of optimum nursing care for the individual." 

Source: Scott, K. & McSherry, R. "Evidence-Based Nursing: clarifying the concepts for nurses in practice." Journal of Clinical Nursing 2009; 18(8): 1085-95.

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Why Evaluate Sources?

Your academic career and personal reputation depend on it!

• If you use poor quality sources, your research paper could contain errors, overly-biased information or out-of-date facts

• Instructors will check your sources to see if you have made good decisions about where you found your information

• Knowing how to evaluate will help you make better decisions in other areas of your life, such as:
  finding accurate medical information, voting on issues during election time, presenting reliable information to your coworkers in a meeting...etc.

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