Critically Analyzing Information Sources:
- Check out the authors credentials
- Is the author associated with a succesful company or journal?
- Look for newer journals, and new editions
- Look for scholarly journals
- Make sure your information is fact
- Make sure to not overanalyze an impartial or biased author
- Make sure your paper is organized, and not choppy
Evaluating Sources of Information: Which ones are good? :
- Dont be fooled by biased authors
- View the authors credentials
- Choose a scholarly publisher
- Choose a recent article
- Check for accuracy in other places
- Make sure you can understand the information given
I think all of these points are important in choosing a good source. Choosing a scholarly publisher would be one of the bigger ones in my mind because if the article is already scholarly then most of the information in it should be pretty solid. Also choosing an article which is up to date would be important so that the researcher knows that the information is up to date. I believe it is necessary to evaluate sources so that the information in my paper is factual, up to date, and non biased. Without those three things I don’t think my research paper would be very legitimate to whoever is reading it.
Brotto, L. A., Heiman, J. R., Tolman, D. L., (2009). Narratives of Desire in Mid-Age Woman With and Without Arousal Difficulties. Journal of Sex Research. 46(5), 387-398. – I do not feel like this is one of my better sources to use in this project. While it is up to date, and accurate, the article doesn’t really pertain to much with what I am trying to voice. This alone makes the article a bad source for me. I think the information is solid because the researcher did a survey of a high number of women. I also do not think this researcher is biased.
Joseph, N., Nicolas, A., (1972). The Uniform: A Sociological Perspective. Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York. 77(4), 719-723. – I really liked this article so it saddens me to say that it is probably my worst source. The article is out dated, and while what he says I think is true, his statements are not proven. Even with it being out dated though, I dont think their has been to many ways to update this research. He does come from a good publisher, and I dont think that anybody could ever prove what a uniform says about a person so I may still use this.
Taylor , L. D., (2008). Cads, Dads, and Magazines: Woman’s Sexual Preferences and Articles about Sex and Relationships. Communication Monographs, 75(3), 270. - I really like this source after analyzing it. It is up to date, and done in a survey so I dont think there is much bias. I see where the researcher is trying to go with their voice, and think that they just enjoy doing the research. The publisher is even good because it is scholarly.
References:
Martorana, J. (2008, August). Evaluating Sources of Information: “What sources are good?”.
Retrieved February 16,2010.
Olin & Uris Libraries. (No Date). Critically Analyzing Information Sources.
Retreived February 16,2010 from Cornell University.
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/libinst/infolit/evaluate.html
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