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BU1105/BU1805: Professional and Academic Skills for Business Guide: Quality sources

Assessment topic

To what extent have businesses adopted UN SDGs to demonstrate their commitment to CSR / sustainability goals?

Scholarly sources- what are they and how to evaluate them

Evaluate your information source: The CRAAP test

Aspects of assessing information resources for quality.
C Currency The timeliness of the information. Is it out of date.
R Relevance How well does this information help you answer your research question?
A Authority Is the author considered an expert in this field of research?
A Accuracy Is the information still considered correct ad accurate? Is the information still considered reliable?
P Purpose The reason the information exists

 

Writing guide for annotated bibliographies

Finding suitable websites

Recap:

At the end of your search string add: 

  • site:gov for government documents
  • site:gov.au for Australian government websites
  • site:org to find information from organisation websites
  • site:org.un to find information form the United Nations website
  • filetype:pdf to find only pdf documents

Referencing and academic integrity

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