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Sources
When writing papers, college students have many types
at their disposal, including books, magazine articles, journal
articles, websites, pamphlets, and newspapers. Some of the
sources that you find will be reliable and helpful, but others will
be problematic. Before you decide to use information from any
source in your paper, make sure that it is a source that your
readers (and your professor!) will find trustworthy.
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But you will probably avoid . . .
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| an article from Time,
if you're researching a paper about a current event for
a general audience. |
an article from a supermarket
tabloid, regardless of who you're writing to or why. |
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| several
issues of Seventeen, if you're researching the
fashion trends being touted to teenage girls.
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an article from
Seventeen, when you're researching a paper on a
medical condition for an educated, adult audience. |
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| a book printed by an
academic publisher and written by an expert in the field
you're researching. |
a book printed by a vanity publisher. |
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| an article from The
New England Journal of Medicine, if your assignment
calls for you to use articles from academic journals. |
an article from Ladies Home
Journal, if your assignment calls for you to use
articles from academic journals. Don't let the
title fool you; Ladies Home is considered a
magazine, not a journal. |
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