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2024 HOA IA: Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

Types of sources
  • Popular vs. Scholarly Sources
  • Primary vs. Secondary Sources
  • Finding scholarly sources in a database
  • Are book reviews a scholarly source?
Vocabulary
  • Academic Journal
  • Book review
  • Excerpt
  • Peer Review
  • Primary Source
  • Secondary Source
  • Scholarly

Evaluating Sources

Video Tutorials

Although I can not cite a book review from an academic journal in my IA bibliography:

  • if I read the review and the book is on topic for my research,
  • I can search for the book in my school library or a library nearby to further my research
Breaking down the results from a Gale database

Topic example: George Washington

  • Looking for a scholarly source?

Search limitations: academic journals                    Search limitations: document type     

Search limitations: subjects         Search limitations: publication title

Topic: George Washington

  • Looking for popular sources?

Search limitations: Magazines                    Search limitations: document type