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Lesson Plan September 8, 2021

What Types of Sources Do I Need?

Submitted by Nicole Hennig

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Short Description

Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources, and between popular and scholarly sources.

Learning Outcomes

    Know the difference between primary and secondary sources.
    Understand that the same source can sometimes be used as either a primary or secondary source.
    Know the difference between popular and scholarly sources.

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This tutorial can serve as a stand-alone tutorial or can be used in the flipped classroom.

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Yvonne Mery

Suggested Citation

Hennig, Nicole. "What Types of Sources Do I Need?" CORA (Community of Online Research Assignments). 2021. https://projectcora.org/lesson/what-types-sources-do-i-need
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