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Choosing Sources Select the best sources by Currency Select the checking best sources by Range Select the checking best sources by Depth Select the checking best sources by Objectivity Select the checking best sources by


  1. Choosing Sources Select the best sources by Currency Select the checking best sources by Range Select the checking best sources by Depth Select the checking best sources by Objectivity Select the checking best sources by Completeness Select the checking best sources by Reliability checking 1

  2. Choosing Sources Currency Find the most Range recent research. Depth Use an author-date system: Objectivity MLA: (Melville 26) Completeness APA: (Einstein, 1965) Reliability If a website doesn’t have a date, don’t use it.

  3. Choosing Sources Report others’ Currency information correctly. Range Depth Paraphrase: Experts agree that pill Objectivity bugs taste awful (Jones, 2012). Completeness Direct quote: MLA: In Frogs Are Our Friends, Angela Mosquito says, “You Reliability should not let their warts discourage you” (Mosca, 2014). IMPORTANT: Direct quotes in technical writing are extremely rare.

  4. Choosing Sources Currency Use a good range— Range variety—of sources. Depth Published Empirical Objectivity Already gathered and First hand, original Completeness available Periodicals, websites, Experiments, surveys, Reliability government interviews, field publications, social observations, case media, reference studies, and so on materials, and so on

  5. Choosing Sources Currency Published sources: Range Aim for the greatest Depth depth. Objectivity Shallowest: popular press Completeness Goals Objectivity Technicality Example Reliability Market Less Less Sunset driven objective technical (sales)

  6. Choosing Sources Currency Published sources: Range Aim for the greatest Depth depth. Objectivity Medium Depth: trade magazines Completeness Goals Objectivity Technicality Example Reliability Some- Less Somewhat American what objective technical Nursery- market man driven

  7. Choosing Sources Currency Published sources: Range Aim for the greatest Depth depth. Objectivity Deepest: scholarly, peer reviewed journals Completeness Goals Objectivity Technicality Example Reliability Field Most Most technical Taxon driven objective (know- ledge)

  8. Choosing Sources Assess the objectivity Currency of each source. Range Depth Objectivity Completeness Reliability Can you use this information? Spydersden.wordpress.com, 2014

  9. Choosing Sources Make sure you have Currency enough sources. Range Depth • Check the ends of scholarly articles • Google search Objectivity • Use the Cal Poly databases • Use the Cal Poly librarians Completeness • Check synonyms Reliability What do you call this? Myearoffaith.com, 2014

  10. Choosing Sources Currency Make sure the sources Range are reliable. Depth • What is the author’s name? Objectivity • What are his/her/their credentials? Completeness • What if the author's name or Reliability credentials are not listed on a corporate website? Mary_Forte's_Linear_Analysis_Assistance.com

  11. Choosing Sources Currency Make sure the sources Range are reliable. Depth What about Objectivity Wikipedia? Completeness Reliability

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