Tertiary source

When a speaker is using a source in his speech, it's because he is looking to enhance the credibility of his speech. If it sounds too good to be true, it's because it probably is. When a speaker want's to take his speech to the next level but doesn't want the audience to think he is plagiarizing; using an outside source is an option the speaker has at his disposal. Also, when a speaker uses a source, he is allowing the audience to track down the information he is providing. The audience can…

Wikipedia is known for being a rich source for information on thousands of topic. Due to its open source format, pages consist of information from a medley of sources. With that, some information is lost from each specific source, as not all the contents of each source can be included on a page. For my investigation, I looked at Wikipedia’s page for Cattle. I have always been interested in the animal, as cows are my favorite, but I never took the time to actually learn about it. When I was…

Video Treatment In treating Your Video Right: How to Create and Use a Video Treatment, by Janis Lonnquist, the author proposes that in order to create a useful treatment and have it complete it’s purpose, you must complete certain steps in order to achieve an ultimate goal. Some steps that must be completed are getting research on the theme, establishing the theme, knowing how to approach the theme creative wise, and actually completing the treatment. To first start off a treatment, the…

because I have had no reason to believe that a peer-reviewed journal article or an educational or governmental source would lack credibility. Through this journey in my doctoral research and writing class, I have discovered that everything I read may not be fully credible. The discovery is troubling and now I need to learn how to decipher credible and non-credible information and sources. I want all areas of my journey to have credibility and I want my academic discourse community to find my…

Thus, by stating that the policy is flawed and causes problems he is negating the credibility of Wikipedia as a source. Therefore, furthering the notion that Messer-Kruse will not accept Wikipedia as a valid form of research. Moreover, the author concludes his article with a paragraph that sarcastically mentions how maybe in the future his research will finally be…

practice. In regards to research there are primary sources as well as secondary sources. Both primary and secondary resources are vital to a good literature review. There are different types of primary and secondary sources that a nurse might use when preparing for a research project. Primary and Secondary Resources A primary source is “original information presented by the person or people responsible for creating it” (Schmidt &Brown, 2012). Primary sources always offer full references to…

After reading the article I now understand that a primary source is a document or piece of writing that was written by an individual who was alive during the time period of interest. However a primary source is not limited to paper, but can be classified by things that were around during the time period such as weaponry and materials. Primary sources prove to be important when studying history, because we need them to help our understanding of what truly happened. Looking back into our history…

1. In one to two paragraphs, summarize the secondary source for which you completed the Secondary Source Analysis Worksheet in learning block 2-4. Focus on the secondary source’s thesis, arguments, use of primary sources, potential biases, reliability, and usefulness to a beginning researcher. In the article, the Search for Middle Ground written by J. Samuel Walker, the author J. Samuel Walker addresses a chronically and fueled debate between many well-known scholars about Truman’s decision to…

thoughts on what they do. Historians often use primary sources to gain knowledge on their subject of choice. With Primary source you have firsthand accounts of the time. Such as The speech “At the Front” by Newton Baker. Is him speaking about his…

the responses to those events were. And studying history is more than just textbooks. Classically, history relied on primary sources with secondary sources to describe them. In the past 100 years, the study of history has expanded, and historians began to specialize in using other forms of media as well, such as broadcasts and movies. These newer forms of media…