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Library Seminar: Resource Quality

Tutorial on Resource Quality

24 minutes

Resource Quality Goal

After completing this session, you will have a greater understanding of Resource Quality

You will be able to identify and describe multiple types of resources that should (or should not) be used for your:

  1. Classes and exams
  2. Research
  3. Clinical work
  4. Engineering innovation projects

Resource Quality Topics / Resource Types

  • Popular vs Scholarly resources
    • Patient / consumer health resources
  • Peer-review
  • Open Access: Quality vs Predatory publishers
  • Google Scholar vs library databases
  • Textbooks and guidelines
  • Consideration of which scholarly resources to use
    • Overview
    • Primary vs secondary resources
  • AI / Generative Artificial Intelligence
  • Google and Google AI Summaries