{"id":3206,"date":"2024-08-06T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T09:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/evaluating-information-make-this-one-live-please-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-07T23:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:30:19","slug":"things-to-consider","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/gettingstarted\/things-to-consider\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Consider"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3206\" data-postid=\"3206\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3206 themify_builder\">\n\n    \n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix repeat module_row_0 themify_builder_3206_row module_row_3206-0 tb_969b39c\">\n\t    <div class=\"builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3206_column module_column_0 module_column_3206-0-0 tb_109e92c\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3206-0-0-0  repeat   tb_8563402\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Things to Consider When Selecting Resources<\/span><\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\n\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix module_row_1 themify_builder_3206_row module_row_3206-1 tb_be8965a\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_3206_column module_column_0 module_column_3206-1-0 tb_257ba0b\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    \n\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3206-1-0-0  repeat   tb_5386723\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>The resources you use for your assignments will depend on the information you need to find out. If you want to find out about public opinion on a particular topic, you might use non-academic resources such as newspapers or social media.<\/p>\n<p>If you need to access academic information, it can be tempting to use Google or Wikipedia. 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If you want to find out about public opinion on a particular topic, you might use non-academic resources such as newspapers or social media.<\/p> <p>If you need to access academic information, it can be tempting to use Google or Wikipedia. However, it's important to remember that:<\/p> <ul> <li>Library Search and your subject page will provide you with higher quality information and resources, selected by your tutors and librarians.\u00a0<\/li> <li>If you search for information on Google, you may have to scroll through pages of results that aren't relevant.<\/li> <li>Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and sometimes information on there can be removed or re-written with malicious intent.<\/li> <li>You may come across articles and other resources that are behind pay-walls.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>When you use an academic resource such as a book or article, it's easy to see:<\/p> <ul> <li>Who wrote it?<\/li> <li>Who published it?<\/li> <li>When it was written?<\/li> <\/ul> <p>It's easy to see all the key information. 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