First Year Writing Assignments
Evaluating Sources
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Source Evaluation Tutorials
Taken from Roll Tide Research, these tutorials will get you familiar with the steps involved in Source identification and evaluation:
Topics: Scholarly & popular sources | Peer-reviewed sources | Primary & secondary sources | Common types and formats of sources
Format: Interactive Tutorial | Estimated Time: 15 min | Optional Quiz
Topics: Strategies for determining if a source is reliable and if it is relevant to your project | Timeliness of sources | Looking up authors & publishers
Format: Interactive Tutorial | Estimated Time: 15 min | Optional Quiz
For more information on Source Evaluation, go to the First Year Writing guide
Source Types
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Academic Articleaka Scholary Articles, refereed articles or peer-reviewed articles. These are highly specialized, precisely written pieces by researchers/scholars.
Tullett-Prado, D., et al. “Conceptualising Social Media Addiction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of Social Media Addiction Symptoms and Their Relationships with Psychological Distress in a Community Sample of Adults.” BMC Psychiatry, vol. 23, no. 1, Dec. 2023. -
Magazine ArticleWritten for the general public. Articles are topic/event-driven and are easily digestible by most readers.
Park, Alice. “Is Social Media Safe?” TIME Magazine, vol. 201, no. 21/22, June 2023, pp. 13–14. -
News ArticleMost ofter a description of timely events. Describes the who, what, where when of a situation. Usually discusses recent topics.
"Mother of 11-year-old who died by suicide sues social media firms Meta and Snap." Washingtonpost.com, 22 Jan. 2022, p. NA. -
Trade PublicationWritten for professionals in a specific field/occupation. These are also known as Industry Journals. May be difficult to understand if you are not involved in the industry.
Jones, Katerina. “Technology, Social Media Attracting next Gen to O&G Industry.” Offshore, vol. 84, no. 6, Nov. 2024, p. 41.