Chapter Five and Nine

Chapter Five is all about how to evaluate your sources. It covers two important questions in this area: What factors should I use to evaluate a source? And should I evaluate all types of source in the same way? Going through the first question, the book walks through the criteria that one should use when evaluation sources as well as how to go through those steps individually. Starting with relevance to the topic to how effective the evidence is within the source, is the author credible, is the publisher pushing a Biased, how long ago was it written, and finally how thorough and fair the document is along with the document type and intended audience. These steps are vital because it teaches us how to thoroughly look at a source. The second question is addressed through relevance and credibility of digital sources as well as accuracy of printed sources. These are important to look at because it shows whether or not you should use said source in an academic way.

This is important to out class because as we write our research paper, it is important to use accurate, credible, and reliable sources within our paper to make the most effective argument possible. If we don't know how to evaluate our sources than the strength and accuracy of our paper will fall through the cracks.

Chapter Nine goes more in depth with printed sources. Long story short, this chapter teaches us how to use all the tools within the library. Starting with how to locate sources to using periodical rooms and finally with the reference room. This chapter goes through how to browse stacks, use bibliographies, indexes, handbooks and many other useful tools.

This is important because many students, in this digital age, don't know how to effectively use the library. This chapter provides insight on how to do that which can be useful to see a source in person.