Learning Objectives
- Researchers will learn how to identify source types
- Researchers will understand that a source can be used as something to analyze or something to support their argument
- Researchers will learn what makes a source authoritative
- Researchers will understand what each type of source can offer them
The Evaluation
- Good for beginning researchers
- Putting the idea in their head that they cannot use unreliable or unquotable resources, and that there are people here to help who know what they are doing
- 0m 45s
Identifying Source Types
- Help with online periodicals
- Sort of a leeway to "more serious research"
- Would be good for beginning to intermediate levels of instruction
- 2m 12s
Primary and Secondary Sources
- Importance of distinguishing between primary and secondary
- Denotes complexity of their differences and that you can use them how you want to
- Would be great for intermediate to in-depth levels of instruction
- 2m 20s
Peer Review
- Important to make sure secondary sources are authoritative
- Does not guarantee perfection, so you still have to be careful!
- Would be good for beginning to intermediate levels of instruction
- 1m 59s
Scholarly Journals
- Highly authoritative
- Gives tips to ask instructor or a specialist librarian on which journals to use
- Would be good for beginning to intermediate levels of instruction
- Use to make your own argument
- 2m 36s
Scholarly Books
- Notes important differences between journals and books
- More broad and in-depth than journals
- Would be good for beginning levels of instruction
- 1m 45s
Non-Scholarly Periodicals
- Better for recent events
- Encourages making a judgment about the accuracy of the information
- Would be good for beginning to in-depth levels of instruction
- 2m 23s
Non-Scholarly Books
- Have very little authoritativeness
- Can give you primary source materials to do your own analysis
- Would be good for beginning to moderate levels of instruction
- 1m 11s
Websites
- Be aware of the Top Level Domains
- .gov and .edu are the most reliable
- Would be good for beginning levels of instruction
- 2m 48s
Publications from Government, International Organizations and NGOs
- Denotes what information each can give you
- Important to ask questions about source
- Would be good for beginning to in-depth levels of instruction
- 2m 48s
Social Media
- Can give you primary sources to analyze
- Insights into what people are thinking
- Would be good for beginning to intermediate levels of instruction
- 1m 10s
Checklist
- Identify what type of source you have found.
- Decide whether to use it as a primary or secondary source.
- if you're using it as a secondary source, determine how authoritative is is.
- If your source isn't sufficient authoritative to use as a secondary source, consider using it as a primary source or not at all.
Terms
- Peer Review
- Periodicals
- Primary Sources
- Scholarly Journals
- Secondary Sources
- Authoritative
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