Evaluating the 4 sources "The Big Picture"

Evaluating sources and the “Big Picture”

Justin, Sheldon, Brittney

Comparing and contrasting all 4 different sources.

-Book by a single author

Browsing through books you can obtain more biased point of views.

More research to back up all facts in a book. More information.

Not “peer reviewed”.

Could be out dated.

 

-Scholarly article from an online database

Completely based on facts and statistics, not bias at all.

No rhetoric.

Are “peer reviewed”.

Possible issue with not being current.

 

-Article on a website

Usually current.

 Potential bias and credibility issues depending on the subscript of the URL.

 

 

-Article in an online periodical

Usually current.

Usually 1 author.

Mostly bias.

 

After taking a careful look at each of the four main sources we will be using to write our research papers, we discovered the pros and cons of each and how each one will be a viable option.