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Why Evaluate Information?

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Information is literally everywhere and not all of it is equally useful.

Evaluating
a source means you identify the VALUE of it so you will know when it's worth using.
This is especially important when it comes to selecting appropriate information for academic research.

Besides it will save you time and stacks of paper printouts!


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