esearching: Types of Sources
There are four types of sources that will help you engage in a scholarly conversation with your readers. For the four essays you will write in this class, you need to search for these fo u r types of sources.
Activity Goal
: To identify different types of sources and to locate sources that will provide added depth to your writing.
They are:
Background sources
Exhibits or Evidence derived from Exhibits
Argument Sources
Method or Theory Sources
Background sources
:
Background sources provide facts, information and definitions
For example:
What are morals? v alues? character? beauty?
What other facts can be found out about Saudi Arabian beauty contests?
Exhibits or Evidence derived from Exhibits
:
Exhibits or evidence derived from exhibits are these types of sources:
Documents, data, field/lab observations, visual images, or other artifacts / objects that the writer analyzes. (From John Bean)
For example:
An actual Beauty Contest that you can view and analyze
Quotes from th e source being studied
Quotes from blogs written by women wh o have participated in contests
Quotes / Biographies of women who have suffered from society's high expectations
Actual interviews, Observations, and or
Results from question n aire
Argument
Sources
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Argument sources are texts where others have voiced their opinions and their positions about the issue being discussed.
These sources provide the researcher with how others have debated this issue
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