GEN499 Ashford Popular and Scholarly Sources

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Prepare: In order to prepare for this assignment, view the Scholarly and Popular Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. tutorial from the Ashford University Library.

Step 2

Reflect: Good research is a combination of many types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the differences between these sources and the importance of finding one type of resource over another?

Step 3

Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:

  • Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.
  • Locate and summarize one peer-reviewed, scholarly source from the Ashford University Library and one popular source that pertain to your Final Paper topic. In your summary of each article, comment on the following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations.
  • From the sources you summarized, list and explain at least five visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that were not evident in the popular source.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.).


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Running Head: SCHOLARLY AND POPULAR SOURCES

Scholarly and Popular Sources
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SCHOLARLY AND POPULAR SOURCES

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Differences between Popular and Scholarly Sources
Scholarly sources are written by experts whereas popular sources can be written
journalist or anyone who has a particular interest on a topic. Scholarly sources go through a peer
review process and it must be evaluated by other independent, unlike popular sources that
require no review or evaluation (Seeber, 2016). Scholarly sources have bibliographies, citations,
and footnotes, unlike popular so...


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