Physics Notes
Physics Notes
WHAT IS NOT SCHOLARLY Social Movie filmed Review of the IMDB entry on
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Newspapers or Popular Magazines - since they hardly contain
citations of other sources. It will make you ask where the
EVALUATING SOURCES
information came from.
We can evaluate credible sources from Books, Periodicals,
DIFFERENT TYPE OF SOURCES
and Online Sources
As you conduct research, you will consult different sources of The General Criteria for all types of Source
information. You will encounter the PRIMARY, SECONDARY, ● ACCURACY
and TERTIARY sources. ● AUTHORITARY
● OBJECTIVITY
PRIMARY SOURCE ● COVERAGE
● CURRENCY
Come from original materials, could be from time period
involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or ACCURACY
evaluation
Primary Sources are original materials on which other research Does the source contain opinions or facts
is based. It may also vary upon the subject discipline or how Is the information presented in the sources objective (unbiased
you are using the material.
AUTHORITY
Eg. Artifacts, audio recordings, diaries, journals, notes,
interviews, Photographs, Speeches, User manuals, Video Who is the author, is he a professional and has past
Recordings, works of art, Original Documents, and etc. experiences?
Does the author have subject matter expertise?
SECONDARY SOURCES Who is the publisher and is the university press or a
commercial publisher.
Are easily defined than primary sources. They are the
accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. OBJECTIVITY
Basically the interpretations and evaluation of primary sources.
They are not evidences but rather commentary and discussion Does the source contain facts or is it unbiased?
of the evidence (the primary) Does the information have advertising content?
They also vary depending on the discipline or context
COVERAGE
Eg. Articles in Scholarly/Academic Journals, Professional
Journals, Scholarly Popular books of criticism and How much information can you get from a piece of work?
interpretation, Academic Theses, Bibliographical works, How related is the source to the topic?
Histories, Commentaries, Magazines, and etc.
CURRENCY
TERTIARY SOURCES
When was the information published?
Consists of information that is a distillation and collection of Is the current information required? If not, then accurate, yet
primary and secondary sources historical, informational may still be acceptable
Eg. Almanacs or Fact Books, Chronologies or timelines,
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Directories, Textbooks,
Handbooks, Guidebooks, and manuals
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