UNM-Valencia Library: English 120 Evaluation Exercise

Activity 1 Evaluating Sources

  • You will be evaluating 5 sources and choosing what you believe to be the best 2 sources.
  • Your assignment is to write an proposal essay on the animal shelters. 
    More information on the assignment, citations and abstracts for the sources can be found in the Instruction Sheet.
  • The full text of each source is linked below and will open in separate tabs.
    • Source A "Animal Sheltering in the United States"
    • Source B "For love of dog"
    • Source C "Could 'no Kill' for Shelter Cats and Dogs be Policy by 2025?"
    • Source D "Animal Welfare and Animal Rights"
    • Source E "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
  • You will have 25 minutes to examine the sources and determine your choice.
  • You will then "vote" your rankings by placing your tokens on the matching article on the front table.

Activity 2 Evaluation Discussion & Demo

The Research Process

  1. Choose your topic.
  2. Create your search strategy.
  3. Search for resources.
  4. Evaluate.
  5. Search again and evaluate.
  6. Use the information for your paper.

Activity 3 Re-Vote

  • You have 5 minutes to re-examine the 5 sources and re-vote using 2 new tokens.