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SOCI 225 (McEntee): Critically Evaluate Resources

What is a scholarly article?

Source Requirements

Remember for this assignment you are required to find the following as a minimum to contribute to your Team Project:

  • 2 new sociological sources (published in the last 10 years)
  • 2 new semi-scholarly sources (published in the last 2 years)
  • 2 new data sources (at least one of which is a map, graph, chart, image used as a slide in the Power Point presentation)

("new" meaning NOT used for previous course work)

Evaluating Resources

Test Yourself

Look at each of the articles linked below. Can you determine if the following apply to each article:

  • Scholarly: (Is the journal peer-reviewed? Is it at least 5 pages? Does it cite other sources? Is it an article instead of an opinion piece or review?)
  • Sociological: (If it is scholarly, then does the author have a degree in sociology or a related field? Is the journal published by the ASA? Does the journal have sociology in the title?)
  • Usable: (Could I use this article as one of my 6 required source?)