Reading Blog#3

Reading Blog#3


The assignment for Research Paper is coming up so this article will tell us how to research like an expert. But first, we need to know what we want to research about? It has to be something we are interested in and related with us. So that, when we write we can also put pathos with our experiences which makes it sound interesting. When we are researching, it is so important to know our websites are reliable or not. For example; wikipedia; this is really great source to start off when we don't know anything about the topic. But we can't trust wikipedia because anyone can view and edit on that website which can be misconcept.  Second, we need to DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES. Primary sources are eyewitness like interviews. Secondary sources are something we analysis to the primary sources. Another thing we need to distinguish is between POPULAR AND SCHOLARLY SOURCES. Popular sources are like USA Today; (newspaper and magazines). Scholarly sources are some experts who write about in their study. But they don't get to publish until PEER REVIEW evaluate with their articles. So, first start with the popular sources when we research but later we should use scholarly sources. Third, when we evaluate for internet sources 1) check the author, organization of the site. 2) ask whats the purpose for that site 3) check the informations are reliable