Evaluating Sources

Describe your process for evaluating and selecting sources. How did you decide which sources to use and which not to use? Did you add or change sources for your research assignments? If so, why? When I first decided that I want to write about animal experimentation, I went on opposing viewpoint website to search for articles and statistics. After reading couple of the articles, I evaluated which sources are useful and suitable to support my claims. From there, I began to select useful sources such as journals, expert testimonies and some statistics as my evidence. In addition, I also looked up the authors, experts and some organizations’ credibility before integrating the sources into my essay. When I first drafted the outline, I included all the reasoning that support the idea that animal experimentation should not be allowed. However, in this essay, I wanted to focus on just three reasons so that it will not be too overwhelming. Therefore, I didn’t use sources that do not support my reasons. I did select some other sources in addition to the ones that I included on the outline because the additional sources that I found have better quotes and example to support my claim.
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However, later I figured out the website Opposing Viewpoint from the library database which is more useful and have better sources compare to the ones that I found on Google. With the help from the library database and class instruction, I realized and learned the importance of evaluating the credibility of each sources and ways to integrate it to my essay. Before learning how to use such useful tool for my research paper, I used to rely on Google most of the time. But now, I learned how to utilize the school resources for my paper. This research assignment changed my ways to look for resources and taught me how to evaluate