ENG.

REVIEWER

(MELC 3) – SOURCES OF INFORMATION

1. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
-classified as print and non-print/web sources.

2. PRINT SOURCES
-found in a physical library when doing academic research (books, magazines, scholarly journals, newspaper)
One benefit – have been through some type of critical review process.

3. NON-PRINT or WEB SOURCES

-anything you can find on the internet (databases of scholarly articles. Published in scholarly journals; peer-
reviewed articles)

4. RESEARCH PAPER
-look for non-fictions or informational print sources.

5. NON-FICTION PRINT SOURCES

-vary widely in the audience they target.
-amount of information they provide.

6. SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
-original research
-technical and research-oriented articles
-mostly intended for students

(MELC 4) – COMPARING AND CONTRASTING CONTENTS OF MATERIALS VIEWED

1. COMPARING AND CONTRASTING
-serves as a good introduction to the higher-order reading skills.
STEPS:
•Analyze the Question
-must break the question down into its simplified parts.
•IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE CONTENT
-purpose of writing prompt
-read the text and take note
-timeliness or relevance of the content
•STRUCTURE
-consideration to the genre of each text
-variety of elements (setting, characters, plot in fiction; facts and statistics in non-fiction)

•MEDIA
-must ensure you recognize that text can be visual and audio in nature too
-diagrams, chart, photographs, illustrations

•EVALUATE
-illustrate the wider thesis of your opinion

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