Evaluating Sources: Test Yourself

Take a look at each of the resources below and think about whether you would use these in your academic writing or research. You may find it helpful to apply the TRAPP test (Timeframe, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose).

Green, D. (2016) How change happens. Available at: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-change-happens-9780198785392?cc=gb&lang=en&# (Accessed: 15 Sepember 2020).

Pandey, M. (2020) 'Coronavirus: I got a job after 280 rejections', BBC News, 15 September. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-54164417 (Accessed: 15 September 2020).

The Onion (2020) Sephora awarded NASA contract to give Moon fresh, fun makeover [Podcast]. 9 September. Available at: https://www.theonion.com/sephora-awarded-nasa-contract-to-give-moon-fresh-fun-m-1844996516 (Accessed: 15 September 2020).

Comment:
The Onion is one of America's premier parody news sites.

Ribeiro, M. A. (2020) 'Contributions of psychology to rethinking the decent work concept', Revista Psicologia, 3, pp. 1114-1121. DOI: 10.17652/rpot/2020.3.19488.

UNICEF (2020) Malnutrition prevalence remains alarming: stunting is declining too slowly while wasting still impacts the lives of far too many young children. Available at: https://infogram.com/1pddky9y0g3mr2hmvlq5rwzjwmikekjl69v (Accessed: 15 September 2020).

Kimmel, M. (2015) Why gender equality is good for everyone - men included [TED]. Available at: https://tinyurl.com/y3wx3rx4 (Accessed: 15 September 2020).

ZPi (2020) Help save the end pacific northwest tree octopus from extinction. Available at: https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ (Accessed: 17 September 2020).

'Sustainable city' (2020) Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city (Accessed: 16 September 2020).

Comment:
I am sure you've been told many times by different instructors to not use Wikipedia as a source. It is not appropriate to cite Wikipedia directly in your work. Most Wikipedia articles themselves aren't yet considered reliable enough as sources for a research paper, but references and external links may support you and direct you to vital sources.