Stage 5Recording Your Sources
Evaluating Possible Sources
• Is the source authoritative?
– An authoritative source is one that can be relied upon
to provide accurate information.
• Is the source unbiased?
– An unbiased source is one whose author lacks any
prejudices that would make his or her work unreliable.
• Is the source up-to-date?
• Is the work written at an appropriate level?
• Does the source come highly recommended?
• When do I make a source card?
• What is a working bibliography?
• What about the Works Cited list?
1
Author’s Name. “Title of the Article.” Original
Source of Article. Date of original source:
page numbers. Name of the Database Used.
Name of the Service. Name of Library or
Library System, City, State Abbreviation.
Date of access <URL of service’s
homepage>.
Printed from MHS Library
SIRS
1
Durham, Sharon. “Nanotechnology May Be Used
for Food Safety.” Agricultural Research
Service News 15 Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS
Government Reporter. Web. 03 February
2010.
Printed from MHS Room 10
SIRS
1
“Enhanced Athletes? It’s Only Natural.”
Washington Post. Aug, 3 2008: B1+. SIRS
Researcher. Meridian High School Library,
Macon, IL. 23 Mar 2009.
Printed from MHS Lab
SIRS
1
“NFL Is Looking at All the Signs.” Los Angeles
Times. July 16, 2008: D.6. SIRS Researcher.
Meridian High School Library, Macon, IL. 23
Mar, 2009.
Printed from MHS Library
SIRS
2
Last name, First. “Title of chapter.” Title of Book.
Ed. First Last. Series. Publication City:
Publishing Company, year: pages. Print.
Meridian High School Library
362.29 LEG
2
National Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse. “Spirituality Can Help Those Trying to
Recover from Addiction.” Addiction. Ed.
Louise I. Gerdes. Opposing Viewpoints
Series. San Diego: Greenhaven Press,
2005: 100-107. Print.
Meridian High School Library
362.29 Add
2
Morton, Oliver. “Genetic Engineering of Humans Is
Ethical.” Genetic Engineering. Ed. James D.
Torr. Opposing Viewpoints Series. San
Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001: 55-63.
Print.
Meridian High School Library
660.6 GEN
2
Ganz, Scott and Kevin Hassett. “Sports Benefit
Children?” Sports and Athletes. Ed. Christine
Watkins. Opposing Viewpoints Series.
Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009: 21-28.
Print.
Meridian High School Library
796 SPO
2
Inciardi, James A. “Proponents of Legalization
Ignore the Harmful Effects of Drugs.”
Legalizing Drugs. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen.
At Issue. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006:
17-28. Print.
Meridian High School Library
362.29 LEG
2
McCarthy, John F. “Sex Education Should Be
Taught Primarily by Parents.” Sex Education.
Ed. Tamara L. Roleff. Opposing
Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press,
Inc., 1999: 13-25. Print.
Meridian High School Library
613.9 SEX
1
Krauthammer, Charles. “The Immediate Benefits of
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Are
Exaggerated.” Human Embryo Experimentation.
Ed. Roman Espejo. At Issue. San Diego:
Greenhaven Press, 2002: 54-57. Print.
Meridian High School Library
174.28
3
O’Neill, Terry. Gun Control. San Diego:
Greenhaven Press, Inc, 2000. Print.
MHS Library
363.3 One
2
Shpigel, Ben. “Players Linked to Steroids Receive
Minimal Support.” New York Times. 06 Jan
2011: B.17. SIRS Researcher. Web. 20 Mar
2011.
Printed from Home
SIRS
1
Hurley, Jennifer A., ed. Reading on Flannery
O’Connor. San Diego: Greenhaven Press,
Inc., 2001. Print.
Meridian High School Library
813.52
1
Sutin, Lawrence. Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of
Aleister Crowley. New York: St. Martin’s
Press, 2000. Print.
Decatur Public Library