Look carefully at several aspects of your source, whether it's a book, article, or website, to determine how scholarly the source is. For example:
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Author
No credentials Expert with credentials
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Publisher
Self-published Scholarly press
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Audience (Look at vocabulary, concepts)
Basic Scholarly, advanced
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Editing/Review
None Peer reviewed
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References
None List of Scholarly Sources
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Based on where your source falls on the sliding scales above, what is your final judgment about your source for college research?
Least Scholarly Most Scholarly
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