ENVS 143 - Literatures of Environmental Hope (Grudin)

• Plan & execute a search strategy, refining needs and modifying your search based on initial results

• Evaluate sources for relevance & purpose (alignment with a BEAM category) in order to select sources for specific purposes in your assignment

• Identify sources that are “in conversation” with other sources so that you may recognize that you are entering into an ongoing conversation, not a finished conversation

BEAMing Your Research Online Tutorial

At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Understand the BEAM method
• Evaluate sources for relevance and purpose
• Select sources for purpose of your assignment

Evaluating Scholarly Resources Online Tutorial

At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:

• Identifies and selects keywords and phrases to use for appropriate searching
• Differentiate between scholarly and popular sources
• Evaluates the quality of the information retrieved using the CRAAP test (currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, purpose)

The library does have access to the required textbooks for this course.