Evaluating Your Sources
You may encounter many types of information in your research, including newspaper articles, investigative journalism, magazines, trade publications (news for a specific field), videos, and online websites.
It is important to carefully evaluate all sources you encounter, but especially those you find outside the library databases or sources you find that are not peer-reviewed.
Remember, your research paper must have at least 6 scholarly sources, and at least 3 of those need to come from peer-reviewed journals. Be sure you know if you are using a source that is scholarly or not, and be sure to use it appropriately. The graphics on this page can help!
