In today's blog I'm going to give you ten examples of credible sources as well as their advantages and disadvantages in today's world.
Now let's dive right into this. We have ten sources that are a good uses for most classes, both high school and college. Although for college you may want to double check with your professor.
Books
+ History - Dated Books are great, we all can access a legitimate book from almost an device, and if not they're usually not very heavy by themselves. Books are one of the oldest forms of literature and history that we still have access today, but as such that information may no longer be relevant or even true in today's world.
Magazine/Newspaper
+ Written for all Levels of Reading - Speed
So with a lot of things in today's world the question is, who can get to it first? That's a problem, you want to be reliable, not necessarily first. With that all being said, be careful with when what you're reading got published and so and so forth.
Government Documents/Pamplets
+ Focused on Topic - Ideological Slant
Although these are usually good, they are also trying to push an agenda, so don't accidentally try to push that in your writings/speeches.
Interview
+ Personal Story - Only One Person's View
Whatever you may be doing the pros and cons speak for themselves.
Journal
+ Experts - Long
Journals are gruesome, page after page, after page. They're really good, but really long. Good content, high reading level.
TV/Radio/Film
+ Easily Accesible - Lots of Digging
Netflix, cable, YouTube, whatever it may be, you can get to it easily. The problem with thee methods is that you may have to do a lot of digging to find any information that's actually related to your topic.
Credible Website
+ Oops - Oops
Dictionary
+ Yes - Yes You can't really go wrong with a dictionary, just make sure that you look in/at multiple dictionaries just in case.
Old blog, but I thought it might be worth sharing a helpful acronym I learned back in the day: RAVEN, which stands for Reliability, Ability to observe, Vested interests, Expertise, and Neutrality.
In other words, can I trust this source based off of prior sources created by this author/organization, does what this person have to say carry any particular weight, and do they have any built-in biases that would affect how they would tell the truth?