Chapter 16

       Personal Reaction: Never use Wikipedia as a source material no matter what! And always check your source materials. Pretty much what we students have to taught throughout most of our scholarly careers. This chapter doesn't offer much as far as new material but it is a good review over how to find, search, and evaluate sources for certain topics.

        Professional Reaction: This chapter is helpful and should not be overlooked. It emphasizes the value of evaluating sources as a key point in creating an informative and credible essay that sources facts more than opinions. Reading this chapter will help students determine which sources will give credible information and also direct them to databases that provide trustworthy material.

Chapter 16 Reading Review

Chapter 16 Reading Review

This chapter was very short and gave information that was painfully obvious. Either that, or it has already been reviewed in class for the most part. Page 715 basically explained how to look stuff up on google and enter a URL, for gosh sakes! Nevertheless, it did re-enforce a few important things. Particularly, it gave a good summary of evaluating the legitimacy of a source, which I found quite useful. I also liked the idea of the exercises throughout the chapter, as they are a great tool for sharpening researching and evaluating skills. There was also a summary about what reference works are. This is great because I didn't know what they were at first but now I see them as a helpful tool for learning about a general topic and deciding if you want to delve into it further. 

I really don't have much more to say about this chapter, however. I thought it was really lacking in new information and it was a very quick read. Hopefully the next chapter is more worthwhile!

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