Introduction to Scholarly vs. Popular Sources

Welcome to the Scholarly vs. Popular Sources module made available to you through the Highline College Library.

This module will help us:

  • Identify the differences between scholarly and popular sources
  • Determine why we use scholarly articles
  • Identify the difference between primary and secondary sources
  • Identify scholarly articles online
  • Recognize the parts of a research article
  • Search for scholarly articles in library databases
  • Search for scholarly articles on the web
  • Read a scholarly article.

This module will take approximately 25 minutes to read and watch. 

 

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