SOWK 322 Week 06 - Hierarchy in Academic Sources
A presentation at Heritage University at CBC Week 05 in in Pasco, WA 99301, USA by Jacob Campbell
HIERARCHY IN ACADEMIC SOURCES and Researching Advice for Social Work Students
Practice writing 🦁 📝 📒 broadly, deeply, and critically Read (Robbins, 2016) Have Courage
START BROAD Wikipedia General google search Academic Database Google Scholar
The original materials on which other research is based Primary Original written works (i.e. poems, diaries, court records, interviews, surveys, and original research/fieldwork) Research published in scholarly/academic journals. SOURCES IN ACADEMIC LEARNING (McQuade University Library, 2018)
Sources are those that describe or analyze primary sources Secondary Reference materials (i.e. dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks) Books and articles that interpret, review, or synthesize original research/fieldwork. SOURCES IN ACADEMIC LEARNING (McQuade University Library, 2018)
Used to organize and locate secondary and primary sources Tertiary Indexes (provide citations that fully identify a work) Abstracts (summarize the primary or secondary sources) Databases (usually include abstracts and resources) SOURCES IN ACADEMIC LEARNING (McQuade University Library, 2018)
Easier Source HIERARCHY OF SOURCES ➤ Personal opinions ➤ Information from an individual ➤ Information from crowdsourced information (i.e. Wikipedia) ➤ Information from an organization ➤ Information from a governmental organization ➤ Information from a scholarly source ➤ Laws or other such primary sources ➤ Peer-reviewed sources Better Academic Source
Authority Purpose Publication & Format Relevance Date of Publication Documentation (Berkeley Library University of California, 2018) SOURCES IN ACADEMIC LEARNING
Knowing how to start a research project and get to the end is challenging. Developing your academic voice can take years and is an area in which we can continually grow. In our academic writing, especially as we are just starting, it can be challenging to determine the best source to use.
Robbins (2016) describes how social work students can find their academic voice through reading, practicing writing, and having the courage to receive feedback.
for free. You
can too.
