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Nursing, Health Care, & Medicine

Synthesize your results

Evaluate your articles

When choosing which articles to use for your research project, keep in mind CRAAP:

  • C – Currency (Is this article current?)
  • R – Relevance (Is this article relevant to the topic?)
  • A – Authority (Is the author of this article qualified to write this?)
  • A – Accuracy (Is the information presented in the article accurate? Are they citing their information?)
  • P – Purpose (What is the author’s purpose in writing this article? Is there any bias, or are they trying to sell anything?)

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