Chapter 6: Finding Credible Sources
Key Takeaways and Extensions
Key Takeaways
- Scholarly writers use a variety of information sources and authors to support their writing
- It is important to evaluate sources for credibility, reliability, authority, accuracy, and purpose before including them in our writing
- Evaluating sources takes practice – if you’re in doubt as to whether or not a source is worthy to include – ask! Reach out to peers, your instructors, librarians, or tutors
Extension
Exercise
Learn more about finding credible sources using the Choose Your Own Research Adventure activity on the UBC Library Research Skills for Land and Food Systems website.
Adaptations
Material in this section has been adapted from Library Research Skills for Land and Food Systems by Katherine Miller, Sally Taylor, Katherine Kalsbeek, Suzan Zagar, Megan Brown, Maggie Fabber, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
