Monday, January 27, 2014

Chapter 5: Evaluating Sources


This chapter explains the factors you should use in order to evaluate a source. The author was able to explain how to thoroughly evaluate relevance, evidence, the author, the publisher, usage of time, how to comprehend, as well as how to evaluate the genre of the essay. This was a very useful chapter because I haven’t thoroughly researched each of these categories for my topic, but now I know there are numerous options I can explore and use for my research essay. Evaluating digital sources is a little different than evaluating field sources, such as interviews, observations, and surveys. This chapter does a good job of explaining how to go about each source which is very helpful because I will be using many different sources throughout my paper and I need to know how to go about each one and how to successfully place it in my paper. I will definitely keep this chapter in mind because when looking at sources online, it’s sometimes sketchy and hard to figure out if they’re credible enough to include in your paper, but now I can use these tips on how to find good sources for my future essays.

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