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by Kelly Frost 11 years ago

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Levels of Sources

Various types of sources offer distinct types of information and cater to different audiences. Trade journals provide industry-specific news, trends, and jargon, primarily for professionals in a particular field.

Levels of Sources

Types of Sources

Books

Find in Library Catalog
Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us
Range from Popular to Scholarly
Check author

Look for bibliography or notes

Broad coverage of a topic

Trade Journals

Inform about products news and trends

narrow audience people in the field industry

Jargon and tech speak

Magazine Articles

written by journalist

general public

monthly usually

Bass Masters "Hooking the Big One" by Jim Bob

"Need really big hook" this author says (Bob 4).

everywhere,

Newspaper Article

Headlines

Journalists

general public

Popular

everywhere

Website from Free Internet

Just about anything

Org website blog

conspiracy website

Search engine google yahoo bing

Evaluate all sites!

Blog
Governement Document
Organization's Website

Book Review

Literary criticism for a book

book report

Scholarly Articles

academic libraries

databases

google scholar

written by experts for other experts

Peer review or refereed