We all have had those dreadful research papers to write. You know the ones, there the ones you have to look up all the random information that you will probably just forget about the second your done writing your paper. But how do you find that information and know if it is worthy of making it into your paper? Well you’re just in time!!! I have put together a few ideas that may help you find and evaluate the material that you use in your research paper.
· Books – In general books are a great source of information. But take into consideration who wrote the book. If it is an encyclopedia or a book published by a school or library it is almost certain that you may use it. But be careful with using other books the more you read up and understand a subject the more you will know if you can trust a certain material or not.
· Internet – The internet is full of information at your fingertips. But is that information correct? Again if the information is from an encyclopedia site it is most likely okay to use. But if is from a site such as Wikipedia it is probably not what your professor or reader is looking for. Sites like Wikipedia allow anyone to put information on there.
· Journals/Newspaper – Journals and Newspapers are another great way to find information. But in doing so you have to take a few things into consideration. One thing would be the way they write. You need to know whether the writers of a certain newspaper or journal are biased in the way they present the material. If so this is probably not the best thing to use. If you do use this source you may want to say something about it in your writing.
· Books – In general books are a great source of information. But take into consideration who wrote the book. If it is an encyclopedia or a book published by a school or library it is almost certain that you may use it. But be careful with using other books the more you read up and understand a subject the more you will know if you can trust a certain material or not.
· Internet – The internet is full of information at your fingertips. But is that information correct? Again if the information is from an encyclopedia site it is most likely okay to use. But if is from a site such as Wikipedia it is probably not what your professor or reader is looking for. Sites like Wikipedia allow anyone to put information on there.
· Journals/Newspaper – Journals and Newspapers are another great way to find information. But in doing so you have to take a few things into consideration. One thing would be the way they write. You need to know whether the writers of a certain newspaper or journal are biased in the way they present the material. If so this is probably not the best thing to use. If you do use this source you may want to say something about it in your writing.
Hopefully these few tips can help you in all of your research paper writing needs.
Citation
Lombardi, Esther. "How to Evaluate Sources". About.com. November 18, 2009 .
Lombardi, Esther. "How to Evaluate Sources". About.com. November 18, 2009 .
Good Job Brandon, you had some very useful information in there. The only thing I think you could add on is maybe some websites that are reliable online. Other than that, I think it turn out very well
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this post. I have had that moment where once I am done and handed in the paper I forget what I have researched. These tips were helpful. There is a spelling mistake in the first paragraph with "You know the ones, there..", there should be their. Overall great job!
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ReplyDeleteI'm sure that I have already read this article last week? Didn't I? Anyway, you did a good job on writing this article and choosing your video, it gives some good information. You could have added a little more detail in your main bullet points. I appreciate how you introduced the magic word "I". Again, you did a great job, keep it up!
This is a great post. I often use sources from online and don't even think about the validity of those sources. It was good to be reminded by you. Great post. -Leah
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