Evaluating Search Results
Begin your biology assignment with these short library tutorials to help you rate the effectiveness of your search results, and strategies to revise and troubleshoot your search in a library database.
This short tutorial will focus on how to effectively evaluate your search results.
By the end of the tutorial, you will address the following questions:
- How do I expand or narrow my search results?
- How do I quickly and efficiently identify useful studies when viewing search results?
- What are factors to consider when evaluating search results?
Take a screenshot of the summary page if you are completing this tutorial for a course.
Take Other Tutorials
Other tutorials in the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) First Year Biological Sciences Library Tutorial Series include:
- What are Journal Articles?
- Locating Journal Articles
- Creating a Search Strategy
- Reading Journal Articles
Get ahead on library research with these tutorials to help you find primary sources needed for your assignment.
This tutorial is developed by Sarah Guay, Sarah Shujah and Jasmine Wemigwans
Evaluating Search Results © 2024 by Sarah Guay, Sarah Shujah and Jasmine Wemigwans is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0