Digital Literacy Online (44-130, 62-130, 26-105): Articles

Using your current event topic, find academic articles using the search box on the library homepage. On the results page limit to Source Types Magazines, Newspapers, Academic Journals, or Trade Publications.  

Example:

Help Locating Information to Evaluate Articles Using Earned Scholarly Average Criteria

Using the current event topic, from the list of your search results: 

1) select a full text article

2) calculate the Earned Scholarly Average (ESA) for your article using the chart at this link. 

(Note: author has 2 parts - answer both parts)

• 6 points or more: Good source, as long as it's relevant to your topic
• 2-5 points: Worth a look and further consideration
• 1 point or lower: Possible background material, but keep looking

 ESA was developed by librarians at Ferris State University's FLITE library as part of the Project Information Literacy Online Tutorial

3) Post your article title, persistent link/permalink, completed chart and two sentences about authority (author/sponsor) and credibility (content).

Directions:

1. Select the magnifying class ("search windows") in the bottom left corner 
2. Type Snipping Tool
3. Click Snipping Tool
4. Click New
5. Click and drag a red box around the chart
6. Click File
7. Click Save As...
8. Save graphic to Desktop as File name: article ESA.PNG