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Determining Scholarly Sources to Use in Academic Writing Instructions To complete the following assignment, read through the materials posted in sections 1 and 2

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Determining Scholarly Sources to Use in Academic Writing

Instructions

To complete the following assignment, read through the materials posted in sections 1 and 2. After those have been read, THEN answer the corresponding questions in the assignment. 

 

*YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ATTEMPT AT THIS ASSIGNMENT*

 

1. Downloading the Word document below and read the details on how to identify scholarly sources for academic writing. 

   Determining Whether Your Source is Scholarly.docx

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2. Read through the details on this website article from Portland Community College discussing how to know the sources you use: https://www.pcc.edu/library/scripts/know-your-sources/index.html (Links to an external site.)

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3. Lastly answer the questions asked via the assignment link. These questions will be based strictly on website based sources as those are often the most difficult to determine whether they should be used for scholarly writing. 

   • Keep in mind it is always best to use primary sources whenever possible.

      

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Other Resources:

HCC's Library - Evaluating Information: https://howardcc.libguides.com/evaluatinginformation-rh (Links to an external site.)

HCC's Library - Evaluating Website's Checklist: https://howardcc.libguides.com/evaluatingwebsites-rh