Academic Skills: Reading and evaluating sources critically

Session description

How do you determine which are the most relevant and reliable sources from those you have found? Being able to critically evaluate the sources you find forms a key part of your contribution to knowledge, and how you synthesise the ideas of others into your own writing whilst accounting for your own subjective bias. This session will show you how to evaluate sources critically. 

Learning outcomes

After attending this session, you will be able to: 

• Utilise different models to effectively evaluate the relevance, validity and credibility of the sources you have found
• Recognise and account for your own cognitive bias when evaluating sources.  

Who is this workshop for?

This session is open to all students.

Facilitator

This session is delivered by an academic skills specialist from University Library and Collections. 

How to book

You can book your place for this session through Target Connect. (You will need to register to create an account the first time you access Target Connect.)

For details of all planned sessions being ran by Library and Collections as part of the Academic Skills Centre, visit the Academic Skills SharePoint Site.