HIERARCHY IN ACADEMIC SOURCES and Researching Advice for Social Work Students
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Practice writing 🦁 📝 📒 broadly, deeply, and critically Read (Robbins, 2016) Have Courage
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START BROAD Wikipedia General google search Academic Database Google Scholar
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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Authority Purpose Publication & Format Relevance Date of Publication Documentation (Berkeley Library University of California, 2018) SOURCES IN ACADEMIC LEARNING
