DescriptionWhat to do. Evaluate and Analyze Resources specific to your Discipline and narrow in on specific examples (sources/publications) within each category of resource (Scholarly, Trade, and Popular). The goal of this assignment is to better help you to identify credible, respected research within your field. We are often lazy researchers and rely on web-based info, that is not always credible. Your goal as a writer is to provide credible opinions, and you can’t do that with weak source info. Within each Category of Resource, you will select 3 to 5 current sources from the discipline affiliated with your major or future career and create a report. You will also include the characteristics of the specific sources you picked as exampleswhat makes them authoritative, credible sources in your discipline? What are their purposes and who are their intended audiences? How are they publishedin paper, online, through social media? What are the characteristics of the Popular and Trade sources and how are they different from the authoritative sources? The information you provide in your report will include examples from the sources, so properly cite all borrowed ideas and material. Your report should inform your audience about credible and popular sources affiliated with your discipline.Resources vs Sources. To be clear, you are using the larger categories of Resources (Scholarly, Trade, and Popular) to help you report and analyze sources not articles. Sources for this assignment are larger works from which information comes. These may be journals, magazines, websites, or various accounts on social media.Audience. Write this for your peers in this class who may be in your same discipline. Use this report as a way to build a list of credible sources from your discipline that you can go back to for future assignments and popular sources you can explore for information to investigate in the authoritative sources.Format. For this assignment you will use APA format. Title page, Abstract, and References are not counted in the length of your assignment. The content of your analysis should be approximately 3 pages. As you will need specific examples, please include a Reference page and cite in-text when using specific language/information from sources.Content. Your report should include:Introduction- a brief introduction to your discipline, with information about the writing and research that is completed in the field. Body of Essay- Organize in 3 categories, Scholarly, Trade, and Popular. Use these heading to help organize your response, analysis, reflection (Consider using Headings in APA format). You should have multiple paragraphs per Resource type. Include information about WHY these resources are respected in academic writing in your Discipline, and how the specific sources you are highlighting match the research expectations of your field.Conclusion-Did you learn anything new? What are the main lessons you learned about the writing and research that is done in your field? How can you advise other students in your discipline to elevate their academic writing through the use of credible source information? Drafting. Do not wait until the last minute to complete the writing for your assignment. You should allow time to revise and edit your writing. Please remember that the University Writing Center is open to online appointments.
