Nursing Library Instruction -- Practice Evaluating Sources

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Practice Evaluating Sources

Look at the following article, When Worlds Collide: Public Health and Union Rights in Virginia Mason Hospital V Washington State Nurses Association, and using the Evaluating your Research Sources handout as a guide, answer the questions on the following pages.

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Practice Evaluating Sources

What type of resource is this article in?

Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia, etc.) Scholarly Journal Magazine Blog

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When was this written?

2005 2006 2008 2010

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Do you think this is timely for the subject matter? Why or why not?

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Read the abstract (in this article, the first paragraph) of this article. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

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What are the author’s credentials? Does it appear the author is an expert in this field?

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Look at the bibliography (References) at the bottom of the article. How many citations are there?

5 8 14 22

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How extensive is the research?

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Does this source cover the topic of collective bargaining in depth, partially, or at a shallow level?

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Would this source be useful for a paper on collective bargaining in nursing? Why or why not?

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