FW ECOL 515: Natural Resources Policy (Fall 2025) : Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources Tips (Text Tutorial):  Criteria to consider when evaluating the information you find.

Evaluating Sources Within Disciplines (Text Tutorial):  Evaluating sources within the context of a specific discipline adds more complexity than the criteria introduced in Evaluating Sources Basics. This tutorial explains additional points to consider when using a source for a paper or research project. 

Scholarly articles undergo a peer review process before they are published. This means that experts in the field are invited by the journal editors to review the quality of the article, and make suggestions for improvements before publication. 

This video explains the peer review process:

Peer Review in Three Minutes (from NC State Libraries)