Before you start this Overview, take the Pretest.
Metaliterate learners evaluate information critically by determining authority, relevancy, accuracy, and validity of each source regardless of the information's delivery method.
By the end of this module, learners will be able to:
1) Recognize the criteria for evaluating authority, relevancy, accuracy, and validity of information sources
2) Determine context of an information source by considering purpose and format
3) Distinguish between scholarly and non-scholarly sources
4) Understand the process of peer review and its purpose in scholarly research