Often, finding articles is the easy part of database research and the real challenge begins when we have to evaluate our sources. How do I know if a journal is reliable or predatory? How can I tell if a researcher's study was properly designed and executed? Below you will find resources for answering these and more questions we need to consider when evaluating our sources:
If you want more tips, tools, and techniques for evaluating a resource, check out our Suspicious and Predatory Publishing Guide for more information. For help specifically related to the life and health sciences, this guide from Yale Library may also be helpful.
See the Tutorials tab along the side of the page to access useful video tutorials for PubMed, Evidence-Based Practice and Zotero.