You will be expected to use scholarly sources, but how do you know what is scholarly? It's usually not a website, but so much of the information we have is stored on or accessed on the web, how do you tell. The link below will give you some physical and visual cues to look for when deciding on the scholarly content of journal articles.
As you look through and read the information (articles, books, websites, etc.) that you have gathered, it is important to critically evaluate what you find. Some information may seem to fit your criteria, but may not be appropriate upon evaluation. Here are some criteria by which to evaluate the information you find, and questions to ask in your evaluation:
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Primary source: In scholarship, a document or record containing firsthand information or original data on a topic. Primary sources include original manuscripts, articles reporting original research or thought, diaries, memoirs, letters, journals, photographs, drawings, posters, film footage, sheet music, songs, interviews, government documents, public records, eyewitness accounts, newspaper clippings, etc. Glossary of Library and Research Terms.
A book which is the edited text of a manuscript, diary, or other type of primary source is also a primary source. Thus, the printed editions of The Parliament rolls of medieval England 1275 - 1504 is also a primary source even though it was published in 2005.
A secondary source is any item that examines or evaluates or expresses an educated opinion about a primary source, an idea, or another person's work.
News reports on the original protest marches, memoirs of participants in, and interviews with people who participated in the Black Lives Matter movement are primary sources. So this book is a primary source:
But this one is a secondary source: