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COVID-19 has impacted our way of life across the globe and examining that impact is important so that we can understand and make changes to our practices in different fields. You may be looking to research this impact for your assignments. This tutorial will help you identify and evaluate sources to complete your research. COVID-19 information is evaluated differently than other information because it is created so quickly and there are so many unknown factors as it develops. You may find that peer-reviewed articles are hard to come by in your search, this is because the peer review process can take months even years. We'll learn about this later.
This tutorial will help prepare you for researching COVID-19 and it's impact but does not provide a comprehensive collection of resources.
When you have completed this tutorial you should be able to:
- Evaluate information effectively
- Identify different sources of information
- Understand the research process
- Develop a search strategy for researching COVID-19