Evaluating Sources and Making Source Cards

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What counts as a source?

You will need at least FIVE sources from two different types of sources. (For example, you could have three website sources and two book sources.

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How do I know if a source is useful?

Length very brief sources will not be very helpful Number of specific facts and details Doesnt repeat a lot of information that you already have from another source Gives information about the subtopics for your paper
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Do Not Blindly Trust the Internet!

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The Internet Brought us Such Gems as

Peopleofwalmart.com

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Texts from Last Night

(541): my math teacher staples burger king applications to failed tests (401): Renamed my iPod as 'the titantic' so when I plug it in it's says 'the titantic is syncing.'
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And. awkwardfamilyphotos.com

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Moral of the Story:

There is a lot of stuff on the internet Some good, some bad. Nobody edits or checks content on the internet.
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Internet Search
A search engine does not know the difference between reliable and unreliable websites. The results list will show any documents that have the words you used for your search. It is YOUR responsibility to check websites to see if they are reliable or unreliable sources.
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How do we know a source is reliable?

The author is respected in his or her field with a good reputation. How do we find out about the author?

A biography on the site Other reputable people trust the author A web search on the author
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How do we know a source is reliable?

Sometimes a website does not list a person(s) as the author. Then we need to check out the publisher of the site. The publisher is the group that produced the site. How do we find out about the publisher?

Click on about us to see what organization made the site and what 4/29/12 their credentials are.

How do we know a source is reliable?

Based on who has made the site, we need to think about whether the source is likely to biased and to have a one-sided view of the issue. Some sites are so biased they are not of any value for research. You will need to read biased sites carefully and check their facts elsewhere.
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How do we know a source is reliable?

Reliable sites are welldocumented.

The site will have a works cited page The site will use factual information from other reputable sources The facts on the site can be confirmed from other sources, perhaps from a data base.

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How do we know a source is reliable?

The site should be up-to-date. Check the copyright date which is usually on the bottom of the home page. If you dont find it there, you might find it under About Us.

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How do we know a source is reliable?

Is the site trying to sell you something? If so, their information should not be trusted until it is verified from other trustworthy sources.

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Where should you start your search?

If you search on databases like.

Google Scholar EBSCO or Academic Search Premier,

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Making Source Cards

Making source cards is a way to keep track of your sources and organize them so you dont plagiarize while you are taking notes. On one side of the card you will answer questions about the source.

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Your First Source Card

"Endangered Species Guide : Mammals : Animal Planet." Animal Planet : Pets, Wild Animals, Dog Breeds, Cat Breeds. Web. 11 Feb. 2011. <http://animal.discovery.com/guides/e ndangered/mammals/bluewhale.html>.
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On the back side of the card, you will analyze the source and pull information 1. You can from it.summary write a
of the source.

2. You can paraphrase the source. 3. You can list direct quotes from the source.

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Make a Source Card for Each Source

Repeat the process for each of your sources. You will have at least five source cards from at least four different sources. You will turn your source cards in for a grade.

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But MISS! Why do we do Source Cards? Why do we have to make an annotated bibliography?

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Because plagiarism is a serious and sucky problem.

A study of almost 4,500 students at 25 schools, suggests cheating is . . . a significant problem in high school - 74% of the respondents admitted to one or more instances of serious test cheating and 72% admitted to serious cheating on written assignments. Over half of the students admitted they have engaged in some level of plagiarism on written assignments using the Internet. Based on the research of Donald L. McCabe, Rutgers University Source: CIA Research. Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University, 2003 <
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http://academicintegrity.org/cai_research.asp>.

Two types of plagiarism:

Intentional

Copying a friends work Buying or borrowing papers Cutting and pasting blocks of text from electronic sources without documenting Media borrowingwithout documentation Web publishing without permissions of creators

Unintentional

Careless paraphrasing Poor documentation Quoting excessively Failure to use your own voice

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And now

A Plagiaris
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In 1981, David Bowie and Queen gave us Under Pressure.

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In 1990, Robert Van Winkle a.k.a. Vanilla Ice gave us Ice Ice Baby

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Wait a second

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Moral of the story: DONT PLAGIARIZE unless you want to look like this guy
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S T O P

To avoid plagiarism..

ummarize

ake note of the source ffer an Opinion

Youll do at least one of these on each source card!

araphrase

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Summarize condense the

information and write it in your own words. If you use exact phrases,Source must use quotations. you Original Summarized Version
Dumbeldore told the students to beware of Dementors because they are vicious and unforgiving. He also Dumbledore: A word of caution: gave them a small glimmer of hope Dementors are vicious creatures. with his reminder that happiness They will not distinguish between the can be found even in the darkest of one they hunt and the one who gets times. in their way. Therefore I must warn each and every one of you to give Work Cited: them no reason to harm you. It's not Harry Potter and the Prisoner of in the nature of a Dementor to be Azkaban. forgiving. But you know happiness Dir. Alfonso Cuarn. Warner Bros., can be found even in the darkest of 2004. DVD. 4/29/12 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Take note of the

If we were viewing Harry Potter in order to quote parts of it in a paper, these are the notes wed take:

Source

Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Director: Alfonso Cuaron Producer: Warner Bros. Year: 2004
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Offer Opinion

Dont just regurgitate what the author said, give your own opinion.
Original Source
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Opinion Offered

When Dumbeldore gave this sage advice, I thought that Id be happy to have a headmaster like him at Dumbledore: A word of caution: my school if Dementors were on Dementors are vicious creatures. the prowl. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore I must warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you. It's not in the nature of a Dementor to be forgiving. But you know happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only 4/29/12 remembers to turn on the light.

When you paraphrase, much like when you summarize, you retell the information in your own words. With paraphrasing, you use roughly the same amount of words as the original source. Source Original Paraphrased Version
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warning: Dementors are evil beings. They dont differentiate between their prey and anyone else. I must encourage all of you to avoid making them want to hurt you. Work Cited: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Dir. Alfonso Cuarn. Warner Bros.,

Paraphrase

Dumbledore: A word of caution: Dementors are vicious creatures. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore I must warn each and every one of you to give 4/29/12 reason to harm you. them no

Got it? Questions?

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Word to ya mother!

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