Scholarly Sources

Why?

• ethos
• logos

What?

• written by scholars or professionals in their field
• peer reviewed
• typically periodical

How Can You Tell?

• publisher of journal?
• reviewed?
• style/language of article?

What it is not

• popular
• news or general interest
• sensational

Where?

• web
• Google Scholar (date)
• databases (peer reviewed)

Tips

• Google scholar
• books count (use a chapter)

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