When you are evaluating information you can ask yourself some of the following questions about your source:

• Accuracy - is the information correct? Does it line up with other sources? Are citations used? Has the information been referred?

• Authority - Who wrote the information? What are their credentials? What institution are they affiliated with? Is contact information provided?

• Purpose - What is source's purpose? Entertainment? Advertisement? Neutral information? Persuasion to a particular viewpoint?

• Objectivity - Does it appear to be objective and impartial? Is the information biased? Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional or personal biases?

Find authoritative scientific information to "debunk" your myth

• Find books (print and online), articles and more using the search box on the library homepage
   
• Use Google to find (high quality, reputable & authoritative) websites
  •   Hint: try adding the word "skeptic" to your search if you are not having luck finding an article

Need more help with infographics? 

The MRU Undergraduate Research Guide has some Tips for Creating & Presenting Infographics

If you are interested in more infographic tools check out this blog post

Find information about your chemical

Reminder: Your assignment requires you to find and use 3 website and 2 books  -at least one of which should be a (print or online) encyclopedia or reference book.

• Background Sources  - Chemistry encyclopedias and reference books from the Library's collection; 

• Websites - Find free and authoritative sources of chemistry information websites  (PubChem is a particularly good source on this page), or

• Books / Videos - Chemistry books and videos from the Library's collection 

Use copyright friendly images in your presentation

• It is best if you use your own images, public domain images or images licensed under a permissive license, such as Creative Commons licenses.
• Always provide a citation so the source of the image is known.
• To find copyright-friendly multimedia to use in your presentation try searching here

Find out more: Copyright guide for students

Presentations & Public Speaking:

Tips for Oral Presentations section of the MRU Undergraduate Research Guide contains some helpful advice on public speaking.

To avoid plagiarism when paraphrasing / summarising remember these five important points:

1) Your paraphrased text should be significantly different from the original (i.e. don't just change a few words here and there)

2) You must change the structure of the sentence or paragraph you are paraphrasing, not just the words.

3) If you use anyone else's words verbatim (word for word) you need to put quotation marks around it.Warning: Quotations are rarely used in the sciences

4) Use proper citation methods (in this case use ACS) to give credit for the ideas, opinions or theories you are presenting.

5) Check that you have preserved the original meaning of the text in your paraphrased version.
 

Want more help or practice with paraphrasing?