VS.
 Sources
are references and evidence a writer
uses in his or her research that influence and
support their work.
 Examples of Sources?
 Books – Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
 Articles – The LA Times, Time Magazine
 Journals - www.eric.ed.gov
 Interviews – First or second hand interviews
 Pictures – uses for analysis and support
 To
provide authenticity/credibility to
research
 To provide compelling support for one’s topic
or argument
 Organized citing allows one’s sources to be
verified by the readers
 Citation limits plagiarism
 Proper citation saves the writer lots of
academic and legal problems
 Libraries
 Online
Scholarly Journals
 Internet Websites
 Newspapers
 Video Collections (ex. Documentaries)
 The Community (ex. Local government
offices like city hall)
 Known
author
 Part of a respected academic community

Ex. Associated with Universities
 Rely
on research
 Printed by established publishing companies
 Objective
 Part of information centers
 Are
extremely biased
 No author
 Independent blogs (not all of the time)
 Though convenient, .com and .org websites
can often be unreliable but there are
exceptions (ex. Time Magazine)
 Lack evidence and are purely opinion based
 Do not cite their own sources
 You
may use unreliable sources to make a
point in your writing
 By using an unreliable/popular source you
may address a counter argument
 When gathering a variety of
opinions/perceptions on a subject