{"id":104,"date":"2019-01-22T20:25:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=104"},"modified":"2019-01-22T20:25:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:25:35","slug":"using-secondary-sources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/chapter\/using-secondary-sources\/","title":{"raw":"Using Secondary Sources","rendered":"Using Secondary Sources"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Secondary Sources<\/h1>\r\nWhen you\u2019re\u00a0searching for secondary source material to support your claims, you want to keep some basic ideas in mind:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Your source material should be\u00a0<strong>relevant\u00a0<\/strong>to your content.<\/li>\r\n \t<li value=\"2\">Your source material should be\u00a0<strong>credible<\/strong>, as you want your sources to help you build your ethos.<\/li>\r\n \t<li value=\"3\">Your source material should be\u00a0<strong>current\u00a0<\/strong>enough to feel relevant to your audience.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBefore you make your final decisions about the sources you\u2019ll use in your argumentative essay, it\u2019s\u00a0important to review the following pages and take advantage of the helpful source credibility checklist below.\r\n\r\nClick on the image below for\u00a0an interactive PDF version of the checklist. In some browsers, you may need to download or save this file to be able to utilize all of its functionality.You may also download, save, and submit to your professor as a part of your process.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/UsingEvidenceChecklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Using-Evidence-Checklist.png\" alt=\"Using Evidence PDF Checklist thumbnail\" \/><\/a>","rendered":"<h1>Secondary Sources<\/h1>\n<p>When you\u2019re\u00a0searching for secondary source material to support your claims, you want to keep some basic ideas in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your source material should be\u00a0<strong>relevant\u00a0<\/strong>to your content.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Your source material should be\u00a0<strong>credible<\/strong>, as you want your sources to help you build your ethos.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Your source material should be\u00a0<strong>current\u00a0<\/strong>enough to feel relevant to your audience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before you make your final decisions about the sources you\u2019ll use in your argumentative essay, it\u2019s\u00a0important to review the following pages and take advantage of the helpful source credibility checklist below.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image below for\u00a0an interactive PDF version of the checklist. In some browsers, you may need to download or save this file to be able to utilize all of its functionality.You may also download, save, and submit to your professor as a part of your process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/UsingEvidenceChecklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Using-Evidence-Checklist.png\" alt=\"Using Evidence PDF Checklist thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-104\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Secondary Sources. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL). <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/using-evidence-secondary-sources\/\">https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/using-evidence-secondary-sources\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17533,"menu_order":18,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Secondary Sources\",\"author\":\"Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL)\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/using-evidence\/using-evidence-secondary-sources\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-104","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":23,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104\/revisions\/111"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/23"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/104\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-collegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}