1. VS. 7 th grade Reading Montero/Gonzalez/Gutierrez Research Paper

2.  Sources are references and evidence a writer uses in his or her research that influence and support their work.  Examples of Sources?  Books – Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin  Articles – The LA Times, Time Magazine  Journals - www.eric.ed.govwww.eric.ed.gov  Interviews – First or second hand interviews

3.  To provide authenticity/credibility to research  To provide compelling support for one’s topic or argument  Organized citing allows one’s sources to be verified by the readers  Citation limits plagiarism  Proper citation saves the writer lots of academic and legal problems

4.  Libraries  Online Scholarly Journals  Internet Websites  Newspapers  Video Collections (ex. Documentaries)  The Community (ex. Local government offices like city hall)

5.  Known author  Part of a respected academic community  Ex. Associated with Universities  Rely on research  Printed by established publishing companies  Objective  Part of information centers

6.  Are extremely biased  No author  Independent blogs (not all of the time)  Though convenient,.com and.org websites can often be unreliable but there are exceptions (ex. Time Magazine)  Lack evidence and are purely opinion based  Do not cite their own sources