English 102 - Walston: Types of Sources

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.

Primary & Secondary Sources
from the Campus Library's Evaluating Sources guide, a quick page on the differences between primary and secondary sources
Scholarly, Popular, or Professional/Trade Journal?
from the Campus Library's Evaluating Sources guide, a quick page on the differences between professional/trade sources, popular sources, and scholarly sources
Scholarly vs. Popular Articles
from Library Services at Randolph Community College (Asheboro, NC), a really great tutorial outlining scholarly and popular sources

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