VS. 7 th grade Reading Montero/Gonzalez/Gutierrez Research Paper.
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VS.
7th grade Reading Montero/Gonzalez/Gutierrez
Research Paper
Sources are references and evidence a writer uses in his or her research that influence and support their work.
Examples of Sources? Books – Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin by Benjamin Franklin Articles – The LA Times, Time Magazine Journals - www.eric.ed.gov Interviews – First or second hand
interviews
To provide authenticity/credibility to research
To provide compelling support for one’s topic or argument
Organized citing allows one’s sources to be verified by the readers
Citation limits plagiarism Proper citation saves the writer lots of
academic and legal problems
Libraries Online Scholarly Journals Internet Websites Newspapers Video Collections (ex. Documentaries) The Community (ex. Local government
offices like city hall)
Known author Part of a respected academic
community Ex. Associated with Universities
Rely on research Printed by established publishing
companies Objective Part of information centers
Are extremely biased No author Independent blogs (not all of the time) Though convenient, .com and .org
websites can often be unreliable but there are exceptions (ex. Time Magazine)
Lack evidence and are purely opinion based
Do not cite their own sources