- Types of Sources - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University
With so many information sources at our fingertips, knowing where to start, sorting through it all and finding what we want can be overwhelming! This handout provides answers to the following research-related questions: Where do I begin? Where should I look for information? What types of sources are available?
- Types of Sources Explained | Examples Tips - Scribbr
Types of Sources Explained | Examples Tips Published on May 19, 2022 by Eoghan Ryan Revised on January 16, 2025 Throughout the research process, you’ll likely use various types of sources The source types commonly used in academic writing include: Academic journals; Books; Websites; Newspapers; Encyclopedias
- How to Cite Sources | Citation Examples for APA, MLA . . .
APA is used when citing sources for academic articles such as journals, and is intended to help readers better comprehend content, and to avoid language bias wherever possible The APA style (or APA format) is now in its 7th edition, and provides citation style guides for virtually any type of resource
- 20 Four Tiers of Sources and How to Tell the Difference
Primary sources are original documents, data, or images: the law code of the Le Dynasty in Vietnam, the letters of Kurt Vonnegut, data gathered from an experiment on color perception, an interview, or Farm Service Administration photographs from the 1930s
- What are Sources? - Getting Started with Research at Shapiro . . .
This guide discusses understanding information sources, formulating a topic and search phrase, where and how to search the library for information, how to evaluate sources, how to cite sources, and more
- Types of academic sources - BibGuru Blog
🧠 What are the different types of academic sources? The most common scholarly sources include books, journal articles, websites, and reports 🔍 How do you identify an academic source?
- Types of Sources - EN 101: The Process of Writing - Research . . .
Different types of sources serve different purposes in your research You might start with a brief encyclopedia article (a reference source), then move onto a news article (a popular source), and then look for an in-depth research article (a scholarly source)
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