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Finding, Evaluating, and Analyzing Sources
Jen SchaeferLord Fairfax Community College
Library Help Screenshot PDF
This link takes you to the library search page, which allows you to FIND BOOKS and FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES. Review the posted information in the Persuasive Folder under Weekly Units for information on
finding reliable internet sources. You may NOT use Wikipedia or anything else that any Joe Blow can post to or edit. Ask yourself who the author is and what makes that internet site CREDIBLE!!
Within the Library’s Help and FAQ section, there are video and text tutorials for finding sources. You should search the Opposing Viewpoints database for your topic, since that focuses on debatable
subjects and offers both the pro and con side for each.
Review the Bedford St. Martin’s “Tips for Evaluating Sources” site.
Harvard’s “
A Source’s Role in Your Paper
” website includes valuable tips for
assessing how a
source’s information will fit into your paper and what it will add to
your argument.
Refer to the posted
Annotated Bibliography
Example, which you will
use as a model for your
annotated bibliography for
the source you deem is
“worthy” to use for your
argument.
Remember, your source
MUST be a journal article.