Research Guides: BLCK 480: Black Death in the Decade of Black Human Rights: Citing and Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources

Evaluating your sources is a crucial step of the research process. Evaluate each source carefully to determine its appropriateness and quality. The guides below will assist you:

Evaluating Sources Checklist for criteria used to judge information sources
Scholarly and Popular Resources to distinguish between scholarly and popular publications
Evaluating Web Sources for specific criteria used to analyze websites

Citing Sources

Chicago Style is widely used in the humanities and social sciences. The following cites and resources will provide more information to support you during your citation process:

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Chicago Manual of Style (OWL at Purdue University)
Chicago Style guide, 17th edition (print)

Many library databases, including Omni and Sociological Abstracts, provide a citation tool that allows you to generate a citation in a specified citation style format. Always check for accuracy when using these citation generators.

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Writing

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