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Reflect: Good research is a combination of many types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the differences between these sources and the importance of finding one type of resource over another?

 

Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts:

· Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research.
· Locate and summarize one peer-reviewed, scholarly source from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and one popular source that pertain to your Final Paper topic. In your summary of each article, comment on the following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations.
· From the sources you summarized, list and explain at least five visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that were not evident in the popular source.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)).

Discussion question 2

Prepare: In preparation for this discussion forum, make a list of what you learned most throughout the process of researching your final essay topic, as well as difficulties you may have encountered along the way.

 

 

Discussion question 1 Prepare:   Prior to beginning work on this assignment, view the videos Scholarly and Popular Sources(1) (Links to an external site.), Why Can’t I Just Google? (Links to an external site.), and Effective Internet Search: Basic Tools and Advanced Strategies (Links to an external site.).
Reflect: Think about what you have learned in the development of your research findings on the global societal issue you chose in the Week 1 discussion forum, your proposed solution and its ethical outcomes, and share with your classmates why this specific issues requires further research.
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts: · Identify the global societal issue you have chosen to research for your Final Paper, an argumentative essay, and explain why further research on this topic is important. · Provide a clear and concise thesis statement that includes a solution to the global societal issue (see Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.) for assistance). · Explain how this global societal issue impacts a specific population. · Locate a peer-reviewed scholarly source and provide statistical data that you found surprising on the topic. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)) and references (see Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)).

Pollution is my topic for my final: Here is a portion of a discussion question that was posted in relation to it.

Pollution is a serious environmental issue that has been affecting our environment for many years. Pollution occurs when a chemical substance or form of energy is distributed into the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed or safely stored (Environmental health Pollution Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013). It can occur naturally or artificially and environmentally affect air, water and land. There are many types of pollutants that affect our environment such as excessive plastics that are not biodegradable and radioactive material. In conclusion, pollution can be reduced if we recycle properly and treat our environment with the proper chemical treatments in order to reduce pollutants and excessive waste. We can also change this reducing the use of fossil fuels and carbon emissions. When choosing this topic I decided to write about something that I have familiarized myself with.

Pollution is a topic that I have written about before and I feel very strongly about. Having knowledge of this topic will help me write my final paper and help me critically analyze for further research. Three ways you can critically analyze sources to determine if they are scholarly is by identifying where the article is located. In other words where is the article retrieved from, such as a university library or Google scholar etc. Next we would need to identify the authors and their credentials and if the author does not attempt to persuade or bias the reader. Lastly we would need to examine the content. Is the author using credible resources and relevant information that lead to a conclusion of the topic? Scholarly sources should be used because it creates reliable and factual information when conducting research. Scholarly sources also provide credibility and improve the quality the research project.

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