Week 4 - Academic Sources

Academic sources are a very important part of academic writing and research. An academic source is a piece of information such as an essay or article the comes from a trusted location such as an educational website (.edu), a scholarly journal, or most books. There is a good reason for instructors wanting us to use these as sources. One is for the fact that they are accurate. There is a lot of inaccurate and misleading information out there that would not be good to use in a research paper. Two is to learn how to properly find real and trusted information. There are some situations you could use non-academic sources. Yo could use them in blog posts, comedy, fiction stories, and many more. In my experience I would consider an academic source information that is backed or written by someone who has a degree in the field of research they are presenting. Therefore non-academic sources would be from places such as wikipedia, where almost anyone can edit the information, or websites that don't claim any affiliation with a university. In the assignment we are currently working on, I could look at the non-academic sources for information such as stereotypes of graphic designers, events and contest for graphic and other small details I would not fond in an academic resource.