Monday, March 29, 2010

Sources sources sources

When finding sources for my English 101 papers I’d say I could do a little better job. Honestly I just go to Google and type in what I’m looking for and then click on all the links to find one I could use. Sometimes this is very effective, but sometimes I feel like the sources I am looking at might not be as reliable as Google makes them look. Once I find an abundance of sources I usually use a little bit from each depending on how much info is in each source that could relate to my paper. I try to use a lot of sources in my papers because then I know the reader will know a lot of other people agree with or have written about my topic as well. As for where I use them in my papers, it depends what is in the article that I can communicate in my paper. Obviously I’m not going to put lots of sources in randomly, because that would make for a shitty paper and a confusing paper to read. On the topic of improving my method of finding sources I think I should use methods that are given to me. I’m talking about the library. All the online sources that I could use would probably strengthen my papers a lot, but everything on those online databases are so confusing I usually give up before I even start. Also, in English 101 Deome usually gives us some swell sources in class or over email that I could probably use as well. As for using them, I might want to milk the sources I find for all they’ve got. I mean I do use a lot of sources, but I think I should try to read more into my sources and probably look up the author just to get their credentials and maybe put that in my article so my reader knows my sources are reliable.

1 comment:

  1. I liked your blog. I think this is what a lot of college students do but don't like to admit it, so good job! However, I noticed you used a curse word in your blog, and that might offend some readers, so watch your language Missy!!!

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