Finding, Identifying and Citing Sources/Identifying Different Types of Sources/Quick Quiz
Identifying Different Sources Quick Quiz
1) Decide whether the following five sources are primary, secondary, or tertiary (five marks):
- a) A newspaper article about the potential effects of climate change in BC featuring summaries of information from many other sources
- b) A M.Sc. dissertation in which climate change effects on native plants were studied
- c) A review of current knowledge about the effects of climate change that appeared in a high-profile journal
- d) A textbook that covers climate change and other bio-geographical concepts
- e) A blog post from the original author of some research in climate change that basically reprints the journal article that included this research
2) You are writing an article about the effects of climate change in BC for the local newspaper. Rank the types of sources you should use to find the most accurate information (from most accurate to least accurate, three marks).
Most =
Intermediate =
Least =
3) Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentences below (two marks):
It is never/sometimes/always acceptable to use tertiary sources in scientific writing. Secondary sources will always/generally be more reliable than tertiary sources in ensuring the original source of the material is correctly interpreted.