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Scholarly & non-scholarly

 

You're likely to have heard about 'scholarly sources' and perhaps been told to use these in your research for assignments. This video explains what makes a source scholarly and shows how other kinds of publications compare.

 

 

 

Activity: Practice identifying scholarly and non-scholarly sources

Try sorting publications into scholarly, professional, popular and grey sources in this activity. It will take about 5 minutes to complete.

 

 

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