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Chapter 6- Evaluating and choosing sources


Camilla Chavez 

Before reading chapter 6, which talked about evaluating and choosing correct sources, I had gained skills throughout my high school career that helped me select appropriate sources in order to have accurate information in my essays. They talked about several sources. One that I will be using the most when writing my research paper will be a general source. This source is written by experts and non-experts concerning an everyday topic. Since my topic has to do a lot with birth control, this will help me a lot in implementing different point of views on the matter, it will also help me to not be biased towards my topics controversial argument. I will also be using the academic source because it is written by experts who are well informed on a topic. I will be needing this source when stating the pros and cons as well as the effect birth control has. This chapter helped me remember that just because I find a source to be informative and accurate it does not mean it is the correct one to use. I must always look within the sources credibility which requires me to look at the sources citing, what source the author used, and why the source was written and for who. I will be considering a lot of the tips and tools this chapter provided me with when looking for information to input into my essay.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 19, 2018 at 1:44 PM

    After reading this, I also agree that general sources will be a source I use a lot. Like you said, this will allow to get different points of view on a specific topic.

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  2. Katherine KumpfFebruary 19, 2018 at 3:16 PM

    After reading your blog and chapter 6, I agree that the chapter helped inform me that just because I may think a source is a good one to use, does not mean that its going to help me with my paper. I also am going to look more into the sources credibility.

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  3. sydney meyerFebruary 20, 2018 at 9:28 AM

    After reading the blog post I agree with you that we should always make sure to check the sources credibility to help support our writing better.

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  4. Mariah McCurryFebruary 20, 2018 at 10:59 AM

    I definitely always assumed that most sources are credible. After reading this i will also start checking for the credibility of authors and check their works cited!

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