Discussion Post: Scholarly Sources & Research
Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this assignment, view the videos Scholarly and Popular Sources, Why Can't I Just Google? , and Effective Internet Search: Basic Tools and Advanced Strategies.
Reflect: Good research is a combination of many types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the differences between these sources and the importance of finding one type of resource over another?
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:
1) Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.
2) Locate and summarize one peer-reviewed, scholarly source from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and one popular source that pertain to your Final Paper topic. In your summary of each article, comment on the following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations.
3) From the sources you summarized, list and explain at least five visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that were not evident in the popular source.
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.