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Strategies for Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Evaluate three sources for your final project by completing this worksheet. Your responses provide the information you need to complete the annotated bibliography for your Week Three assignment.

Source 1

Source Information

Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press); September 2008, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p357-385, 29p

Questions to Consider

Answers (one sentence each should suffice)

Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?)

Yes he is affiliated with the Harry Frank Guggenheim foundation, who also supported his research.

What is the author's experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?)

Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?)

Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might there be resources with more current information?)

In general, does the information in the source article match with information found in other sources, or is it different or unique? (Can this information be confirmed by more sources than just this one?)

Does the source make any claims without evidence to support them?

What makes this source credible?

Source 2

Source Information

Subject Bias;

Crime;

Hate crimes;

Literature;

Murders & murder attempts;

Nonfiction;

Violent crime

Title Back to JasperAuthor Timmons, PatrickPublication title The Texas ObserverVolume 96Issue 22Pages 20Publication year 2004Publication date Nov 19, 2004Year 2004Publisher Texas Democracy FoundationPlace of publication AustinCountry of publication United StatesPublication subject Political ScienceISSN 00404519Source type NewspapersLanguage of publication EnglishDocument type InterviewProQuest document ID 203901169Document URL http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/203901169?accountid=35812Copyright Copyright Texas Democracy Foundation Nov 19, 2004Last updated 2012-02-09Database Alt-PressWatch

Questions to Consider

Answers (one sentence each should suffice)

Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?)

What is the author's experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?)

Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?)

Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might there be resources with more current information?)

In general, does the information in the source article match with information found in other sources, or is it different or unique? (Can this information be confirmed by more sources than just this one?)

Does the source make any claims without evidence to support them?

What makes this source credible?

Source 3

Source Information

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights & The Leadership Conference Education Fund

Title: Confronting the New Faces of Hate: Hate Crimes in America 2009

Questions to Consider

Answers (one sentence each should suffice)

Is the author affiliated with an organization related to the subject of the article? (Does he or she have an ulterior motive?)

What is the author's experience with the subject, including related academic or professional credentials? (Is he or she qualified to interpret and explain the complexities of the subject?)

Does this article report on information experienced by the author, or is it a summary or retelling of information from other sources? (How close is the author to the actual information?)

Is the information current? When was the information published or last updated? (Might there be resources with more current information?)

In general, does the information in the source article match with information found in other sources, or is it different or unique? (Can this information be confirmed by more sources than just this one?)

Does the source make any claims without evidence to support them?

What makes this source credible?