This research guide is for students in Jonathan Lee's BWRIT 135 course during Winter 2025.
Types of Sources-- Getting Started
The following pages provide information about types of sources (e.g., scholarly or popular, primary or secondary), including how to recognize them and where they fall on the timeline of published information.
from the Campus Library's Evaluating Sources guide, a quick page on the differences between professional/trade sources, popular sources, and scholarly sources
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