Is the information you find good quality?

It is important that you check the information you find from your searches to ensure that it is good quality and is relevant to your question. The Health Library can help you. Complete our tutorials to develop the right digital skills to evaluate and critically appraise the information and articles you find.

Doctor smiling at the camera - she has evaluated her search results

1. Start by learning about the CRAAP checklist; watch this short video

2. Learn more about how to evaluate information on the Internet by completing our tutorial Evaluating information on the Internet

3. Learn more about Critical Appraisal Tools which will help you to critically appraise the research articles that you find

More eTutorials

Find all our online tutorials on the Information Skills web page on the Health Library website.

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Contact the Health Library if you need any help finding the information you need.

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