For this assignment, create a 20 item bibliography on the topic and evaluate each item using the 3 R method. Each evaluation should be 150 words minimum.
Organize the bibliography as you would one at the end of a paper. You do not need to identify by source types.
List your research topic and your citation style.
Include:
3 books
10 peer reviewed articles
3 magazines
2 government documents/sites
2 websites (not Government sites) or 2 other sources from the above
Topic: What are Ways to Reduce Stress for Elementary Students?
Chapter Summary
Interrogate those sources before you start resting your case on them. Use the
strategies in this chapter to evaluate them on the basis of relevance, credibility,
and currency.
Key Terms: evaluation, critical thinking, relevant, credibility, credentials, academic, bias, subjective, objective, agenda, peer review, vanity press, popular books
Chapter Objectives
Use information about relevance to select appropriate sources.Identify bias in a source.
Assess an author’s credentials and use them to evaluate the credibility of a
source.
Evaluate the timeliness of a source.Identify peculiar features of books, periodical articles, and webpages and use them to evaluate these sources.
Choose one of the sources you found when you ran your searches in the pre-
vious chapter. Use what you have learned in this chapter to try to evaluate the
relevance of this source.
If the source is a book, examine the table of contents. What are the major
topics covered in this book?If the source is an article, examine the abstract (if there is one) or read the first two paragraphs.
What are the major topics covered in this article?If the source is a webpage, run a search for your keywords on the page. How often do they appear?
What’s your verdict? Is it relevant?
