Stage 5- Recording Your Sources

Evaluating Possible Sources

• Is the source authoritative?– An authoritative source is one that can be relied upon

to provide accurate information.

• Is the source unbiased?– An unbiased source is one whose author lacks any

prejudices that would make his or her work unreliable.

• Is the source up-to-date?• Is the work written at an appropriate level?• Does the source come highly recommended?

• When do I make a source card?• What is a working bibliography?• What about the Works Cited list?

1Author’s Name. “Title of the Article.” Original Source of Article. Date of original source: page numbers. Name of the Database Used. Name of the Service. Name of Library or Library System, City, State Abbreviation. Date of access <URL of service’s homepage>.

Printed from MHS Library SIRS

1Durham, Sharon. “Nanotechnology May Be Used

for Food Safety.” Agricultural Research

Service News 15 Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS

Government Reporter. Web. 03 February

2010.

Printed from MHS Room 10 SIRS

1“Enhanced Athletes? It’s Only Natural.” Washington Post. Aug, 3 2008: B1+. SIRS Researcher. Meridian High School Library, Macon, IL. 23 Mar 2009.

Printed from MHS Lab SIRS

1“NFL Is Looking at All the Signs.” Los Angeles Times. July 16, 2008: D.6. SIRS Researcher. Meridian High School Library, Macon, IL. 23 Mar, 2009.

Printed from MHS Library SIRS

2Last name, First. “Title of chapter.” Title of Book.

Ed. First Last. Series. Publication City:

Publishing Company, year: pages. Print.

Meridian High School Library 362.29 LEG

2National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. “Spirituality Can Help Those Trying to Recover from Addiction.” Addiction. Ed. Louise I. Gerdes. Opposing Viewpoints Series. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005: 100-107. Print.

Meridian High School Library 362.29 Add

2Morton, Oliver. “Genetic Engineering of Humans Is

Ethical.” Genetic Engineering. Ed. James D. Torr. Opposing Viewpoints Series. San

Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001: 55-63. Print.

Meridian High School Library 660.6 GEN

2Ganz, Scott and Kevin Hassett. “Sports Benefit Children?” Sports and Athletes. Ed. Christine Watkins. Opposing Viewpoints Series. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009: 21-28. Print.

Meridian High School Library 796 SPO

2Inciardi, James A. “Proponents of Legalization

Ignore the Harmful Effects of Drugs.”

Legalizing Drugs. Ed. Stuart A. Kallen.

At Issue. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006:

17-28. Print.

Meridian High School Library 362.29 LEG

2McCarthy, John F. “Sex Education Should Be Taught Primarily by Parents.” Sex Education. Ed. Tamara L. Roleff. Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1999: 13-25. Print.

Meridian High School Library 613.9 SEX

1Krauthammer, Charles. “The Immediate Benefits of

Embryonic Stem Cell Research Are

Exaggerated.” Human Embryo Experimentation.

Ed. Roman Espejo. At Issue. San Diego:

Greenhaven Press, 2002: 54-57. Print.Meridian High School Library 174.28

3O’Neill, Terry. Gun Control. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc, 2000. Print.

MHS Library 363.3 One

2Shpigel, Ben. “Players Linked to Steroids Receive

Minimal Support.” New York Times. 06 Jan

2011: B.17. SIRS Researcher. Web. 20 Mar

2011.

Printed from Home SIRS

1Hurley, Jennifer A., ed. Reading on Flannery O’Connor. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001. Print.

Meridian High School Library 813.52

1Sutin, Lawrence. Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. Print.

Decatur Public Library