Understanding Information Typography of Sources ANTH 12A Santa Clara University images courtesy creative commons copyright flickr user peacay & deviantart user merayuyanik Nicole Branch, MLIS [email protected]
Understanding Information:
Typography of Sources
ANTH 12ASanta Clara University
images courtesy creative commons
copyrightflickr user peacay &
deviantart user merayuyanik
Nicole Branch, [email protected]
Goals
• distinguish between different types of sources;
• practice applying evaluation criteria to information sources;
• begin to find sources for your assignment.
Source Types
• scholarly;
• trade (or practitioner);
• popular;
• reference.
breaking down types of sources
• author: experts (such as academics);
• audience: scholars and researchers in the field;
• purpose: make available original research;
• references: frequent citations or extensive bibliography.
scholarly;
• author: practicing professionals (e.g. teachers, nurses, business);
• audience: working professionals in that profession;
• purpose: share techniques or trends within profession or industry;
• references: sources sometimes cited.
• trade (or practitioner);
• author: journalist or freelance writer;
• audience: general, non-expert readers;
• purpose: entertain, persuade, or inform readers;
• references: no citations or bibliography.
• popular;
• author: usually editor, not author, listed;
• audience: general, non-expert readers;
• purpose: provide background information on a topic;
• references: sources either not cited or a short bibliography provided for further reading.
• reference;
Print Sources
• divide into groups;
• review one print source and determine the source type;
• share your source with the class.
analyze a print source
Research Use
• popular: inspiration or “pull quote;”
• reference: background information to develop your topic;
• trade (or practitioner): practical applications;
• scholarly: authoritative, reliable information.
using sources to develop a topic.
Finding Sources
• Working in pairs, find one popular and one scholarly source related to your assignment;
• Prepare a citation in AAA style and post to the class bulletin board.
Articles & Books
• Use the Find Articles tab to find popular and scholarly articles.
• Use the Find Books tab to find books.
AAA Citation
• Similar to Chicago citation style with some differences.
• Includes in-text citation and References cited list.
AAA Basic Format• In-text: Author's last name, the date of publication,
and the page number referenced. Put the page number after the date and separate with a colon.
(Fairley 2003:555-556)
• References cited: 1st line: Author/s; 2nd line: Date, Book Title, and publication info (Location, Publisher). For ebooks that you find in databases, include the name of the database (ex.Ebrary).
Lozada, Eriberto P.
2001 God Aboveground: Catholic Church, Postsocialist State, and Transnational Processes in a Chinese Village. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10042899.
Understanding Information:
Typography of Sources
Questions?
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copyrightflickr user peacay &
deviantart user merayuyanik
Nicole Branch, [email protected]