Evaluating Sources Quiz

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1. You can have the same confidence in the accuracy and authority of information from newspapers and magazine articles as you can from scholarly journals and books.

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Refers to the information on the Internet that you can access for free, without a password.

Contains articles, images, interviews, podcasts, videos, etc.

Will always have information specifically useful for your arguments, easily available.

A and B only

It doesn't contain very much information.

Googling is so quick and easy that it takes all the fun out of research.

The information found on the web can be unreliable and time-consuming to sort through.

None of the above

Is any publication that contains book reviews.

Contains articles written by academic experts in their particular field.

Is one written exclusively by college students.

Is only available in print.

The author's credentials and experience?

Any partisan point of view?

Ownership or financial interest of the publication?

What is the purpose of the information - to inform, entertain, persuade?

Is the article available in print, or only online?

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They are written by experts in their particular fields.

They go through a type of peer-review process.

They treat subjects more broadly, and in greater depth than journal articles.

They represent the most current information on recent developments and trends in a particular field.

They can take years to write and publish.

Scholarly journals

Scholarly Books

Non-scholarly periodicals

Websites

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