Assignment Introduction

This assignment will help you build skills in evaluating and finding resources—essential tasks to master whenever you need information for your day-to-day life or in school. We start with the Internet, as a source of information you are already familiar with and where you’ll evaluate a provided website to apply the CRAAP Test. From the internet, we move to a source of information you’ll want to learn, the Capella Library. You’ll be asked to locate a specific article and share some of what you find. As you complete this exercise, reflect on the difference between Internet and library sources. Can you guess which ones your instructors will prefer you to use?

Assignment Instructions

For this assignment, begin with locating the Internet article identified in the CRAAP Test and Library Worksheet.

Use the questions on the CRAAP Test to evaluate the Internet article and score each category—
Currency, 
Relevance, 
Authority, 
Accuracy, and 
Purpose. Add up your scores to determine the article’s total score. The assignment worksheet provides a rating and guidance with how acceptable the source is for your use.

After evaluating the Internet article using the CRAAP Test, move to the second section of the worksheet to explore a different type of resource. Locate the article (using the little information provided) from the Capella Library using 

Summon
 and respond to the questions using complete sentences. 
Note: Detailed guidance on locating a journal article using keywords is provided in the 


Keyword Search in Summon

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. Complete the following:

· Locate the correct journal article in a library search when provided with minimal search information.

· Assess the credibility of an online source of information.

· Apply the psychological principle of denial to the topic of scientific research findings.

· Develop the skills of paraphrasing and summarizing to represent the purpose of an external source.

· Assess your personal time management plan for this assignment.

· Did the time to complete this assignment take less time, more time, or about what you expected to complete?

· What future changes can you make based on your first assignment’s time management planning?

· Communicate using a well-organized paragraph with a clear main idea.

· Integrate appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.

Refer to the rubric to ensure that your work meets the grading criteria for this assignment.

Submission Requirements

Save the completed 

CRAAP Test and Library Worksheet [DOCX]
 as a Word document (.doc or .docx) on your computer. Then, attach a copy of this document as your assignment submission.