Information to help you evaluate the validity of the literature you find in books, journals and websites. Also includes definitions and examples of primary, secondary and tertiary information sources.
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• Critical evaluation of resources (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Evaluation.html)
  This site helps to make sense of the vast amount of information available and to evaluate its validity. It covers primary and secondary sources, popular and scholarly journals, websites, and reference sources.
• Primary, secondary and tertiary sources ( http://lib.jcu.edu)
  A guide to which literature sources are primary, secondary and tertiary to help you evaluate their accuracy and reliability.
• Critical evaluation of web pages (http://www.dpls.lib.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=208)
  With so much information available on the web, it’s hard to distinguish good from bad. Here are some points to consider when using websites as part of your research project/dissertation.