Professional Documents
Culture Documents
According to www.lib.odu.edu, the kind of information you are looking for may be
These sources may include academic texts such as books, encyclopedias, periodicals, or
technical reports by agencies and institutions. Analytical information, on the other hand,
When you consult an expert opinion, such as those found in the editorial section of
a newspaper or in Web log entries of prolific writers, you are using a subjective kind of
information. This is because the information is about the discussion and elaboration of
a thesis statement which is still anchored on facts. It is important to evaluate the validity
of the claims in subjective information because a valid argument is more often than not
a successful argument. If the information is unbiased and does not lead you to judge the
information in a certain way, then it is objective information. Scientific papers and news
3.
The currency of information refers to how up-to-date or how recent the information
is. It does not necessarily follow that the more current the information, the more reliable
and useful it is. There are information that are historical or old but are very helpful in
providing insights and comparison of events. Publication date of the source material
is the usual basis for currency. A combination of current and historical information,
especially in research, provides a more holistic picture. You are able to establish trends
But the requirement for the use of either current or historical information depends
on the discipline that makes use of them. In the hard or natural sciences, the more recent
findings are preferred. For the humanities, historical information is primarily used to
describe an event or phenomenon. The social sciences usually consult both current and
historical information.
When you are asked to write an academic paper, what sources does your teacher
ask you to consult? Scholarly information comes from academic sources. It is a product
Popular information, on the other hand, appeals to general interest and is usually found
in general circulation materials such as magazines, coffee table books, or online feature
articles. Table 3.1 differentiates a scholarly source and a popular source of information.
author
phics
Xbooks
encyclopedias
research papers
Tertiary
secondary sources
specific topics
bibliography (citation list) of
encyclopedias
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primary
when the information you have obtained is published digitally over the Internet. It is
often difficult to know how long a certain Web site or page will last. But an online source
Is it routinely updated?