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      <title>Week 8 lesson 3 by Usic</title>
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         <title>Group3</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. We can’t believe everything we read and we need to think critically about the information before we choose to use it<br><br>2. One technique you can use is the crap test the crap test is a list of questions to help you decide whether or not the information you find is credible and appropriate to use crap stands for currency relevance authority accuracy and purpose. And ask yourself does the information I found help me to answer my assignment task? And are they on authority on the subject and who wrote it and it can be a good idea to take note?<br><br>C&nbsp; currency: the timeliness of the info.</div><div>R&nbsp; relevance: how the info fits your needs.</div><div>A&nbsp; authority: the source of the info.</div><div>A&nbsp; accuracy: reliability and the correctness of the info.</div><div>P&nbsp; purpose: the reason the info exists.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-11-11 09:18:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Group2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. In order to increase the authenticity of the source of the article and avoid plagiarism, it helps us to screen the wrong information and choose the best source.<br><br>2.Evaluation is an important step. The more reliable the resources, the more reliable your own research. If you use the opinions of others to support your own opinions, then you are a collection of opinions. Successful research depends on locating and using reliable resources</div><div><br>2.2 CPAAP is a list of the questions. The letters in CRAAP represent: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-11-11 09:18:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Group 1</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1) we should examine the source for fine the information which is more suitable for the research ,and make sure the the authority on the subject.<br><br>2a) As you examine each source, it is important to evaluate each source to determine the quality of the information provided within it. Common evaluation criteria include: purpose and intended audience, authority and credibility, accuracy and reliability, currency and timeliness, and objectivity or bias.<br><br>2b) The CRAAP test is a list of questions to decide whether or not the information found is credible and appropriate to use. CRAAP stands for Currency (when the information was published), Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-11-11 09:21:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Group2--A2&amp;3</title>
         <author>smeng7</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A2<br><br><strong>Academic books<br></strong>Advantages：Large amount of reference information, high credibility.<br>Disadvantages：No effectiveness, update is slow.<br>Yes, because it's academic and factual.<br><strong>News Websites<br></strong>Advantages：Wide sources, information, timeliness.<br>Disadvantages：The source may not be authentic and may contain false information.<br>You need to determine the authenticity of the source to determine whether it can be used.<br><strong>Newspapers<br></strong>Advantages：Update every day, timeliness is strong.<br>Disadvantages：The content may not be completely truthful, non-academic.<br>Selective adoption, in part, is non-academic and unverifiable<br><strong>Government reports <br></strong>Advantages：high credibility.<br>Disadvantages：slower than news websites.<br>Yes, government needs to gain people's trust, they will fully report the truth.<br><strong>Tabloids / local magazines<br></strong>Advantages：fast update.<br>Disadvantages：some context may be ignore in the quick speed.<br>No, it is not academic.<br><strong>Lecture Notes<br></strong>Advantages：it can be added at any time.<br>Disadvantages：some time we will make some mistake.<br>It in depends on quality.<br><strong>YouTube Contents<br></strong>Advantages： There is a lot of information.<br>Disadvantages：language is open, no rules.<br>No, some video content is not up to standard.<br><strong>Academic Journals<br></strong>Advantages：More realistic information is recorded.<br>Disadvantages：academic words are more difficult to understand.<br>Yes, articles are written by professionals.<br><strong>Encyclopaedias<br></strong>Advantages：Rich content, easy to find.<br>Disadvantages：just a simple introduction to the content not deeply studied.<br>Yes, can understand the concept of the unknown.<br><br><br>A2<br>1. Literature review is also a part of the article, which records the main source of the article, is a particular field of research. It contains sources of research methods, explanations of published arguments and materials.<br><br>2. Academic books and magazines are very suitable for academic research, because they are authoritative and academic, and many of them are written by professional professors. However, some social media and websites are not suitable for academic research.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-11-11 10:22:44 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Group3A2A3</title>
         <author>tli72</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>A2</strong><br>1.<strong>Academic books</strong><br><strong>Advantages</strong>: Scholarly books contain authoritative information and this can include comprehensive accounts of research or scholarship, historical data, overviews, experts' views on themes/topics.<br><strong>Disadvantages</strong>:Quickly out of date. <br>Quality of indexing varies. <br>Time consuming to search/scan. <br><br><strong>Yes, because</strong> an ancademic can either be a secondary or tertiary source and, in seldom cases, a primary source. In most cases, the author of a textbook interprets prescribed theories of a topic and would, therefore, be a secondary source. <br><br>2.<strong>News Websites</strong><br><strong>Advantages</strong>: Instant and fast, this is the most distinctive feature of online news</div><div><strong>Disadvantages</strong>: The existence of fake news on the Internet has seriously affected the image of news media in the public.<br><strong>Yes, because</strong> it's relaible and we can recieve the lastest news.<br><br>3.<strong>Newspapers</strong><br><strong>Advantages</strong>:&nbsp; As the time passes, they get full command on reading and vocabulary. Newspaper reading also improves writing &amp; reading skills of an individual as many difficult words come while reading a passage that might confuse a reader.<br><strong>Disadvantages:</strong>fixed publication time, not as fast as online news and TV news, and less expansive than online news.<br><strong>Yes, because</strong> it's reliable as goverenment news.<br><br>4.<strong>Government Reports</strong><br><strong>Advantages</strong>:Government documents and government websites are generally considered authoritative, credible sources of information.<br><strong>Disadvantages:</strong>urnals include information of academic interest, so they are not the best sources for general interest topics.&nbsp; <br><strong>Yes, bacause</strong> it's a very authoritative source.<br><br>5.Tabloids / local magazines<br><strong>Advantages</strong>:Strengths of magazines include their selectivity, excellent reproduction quality.<br><strong>Disadvantages</strong>:Limited Reach and Frequency.<br><strong>Yes, because</strong> it provides long lasting information, and the author and date of publication are clear. <br><br>6.<strong>Lecture Notes</strong><br><strong>Advantages</strong>:Easy to remember facts Easy to research comparisons and relationships<br><strong>Disadvantages</strong>:Notes may be incomplete Unable to prioritize, difficult to edit without rewriting<br><strong>No,</strong> Notes taken during lectures, seminars and research will form the basis of your work, helping you to prepare essays and dissertations and revise for exams.&nbsp; Effective note-taking is a very useful skill but not a good data source. <br><br>7.YouTube Contents<br><strong>Advantages</strong>: YouTube is the world's largest UGC video website<br><strong>Disadvantages</strong>:Not every video on YouTube is from a reliable source. Some videos are uploaded just for business.</div><div>YouTube is a free site with no restrictions on users posting videos.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Yes</strong>, Just like in the APA formatting style, the name of the author comes first.&nbsp; However, it is written in the last name, first name format.&nbsp; If an official YouTube channel publishes the video, you can use “YouTube” and place a period after the screen name.<br><br>8.Academic Journals<br><strong>Advantages</strong>: The articles found in many academic journals go through a "peer review" process. In other words, the articles are checked by scholars and other experts.<br><strong>Disadvantages</strong>:Because in some cases it can take years to write and publish books, they are not always the best source for current topics.<br><strong>Yes, because</strong> An academic journal is a journal published in a scholarly and discipline-specific publication. Scholarly journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, review, and discussion of research.<br><br>9.<strong>Encyclopaedias</strong><br><strong>Advantages</strong>:As a reference work, encyclopedias must be organized in a systematic way in order to allow users to search effectively.<br><strong>Disadvantages</strong>:information technology, high initial costs, quality control, and citation.</div><div><strong>No because</strong> not their credibility as a source of scholarly information, encyclopedias have little value for scholarly research, usually background and definitions<br><br><strong>A3</strong><br>1.Literature review is a critical evaluation of literature related to a particular topic or topic. Its goal is systematic, comprehensive and repeatable, and i&nbsp; think it is important because literature review can improve your comprehensive ability and improve your essay writing level. Literature review is usually in the topic selection stage of research.<br><br>2.suitable:<br>Scholarly publications (Journals)</div><div>Popular sources (News and Magazines)</div><div>Professional/Trade sources.</div><div>Books / Book Chapters.</div><div>Conference proceedings.</div><div>Government Documents.</div><div>Theses &amp; Dissertations.<br>The sources which are not considered appropriate for the academic research are generally termed as non-credible sources. for examples, Wikipedia, YouTube, Essay Sharing Websites.</div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2021-11-11 10:26:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Group 1---A2&amp;A3</title>
         <author>xzhang282</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><strong>A2</strong><br><strong>Academic book's advantages</strong>: 1. The thesis is systematic, mature, and more scientific. 2. Professional problems, theoretical practice, more professional. <strong>Disadvantages</strong>: 1. Some technical words in academic books are difficult to understand. 2. It is not conducive to the protection of intellectual property rights and Copyrights, and the interests of authors are vulnerable to infringement. <strong>Yes, we can.</strong> Because We can read a lot of materials to enrich our knowledge, and we can also learn some academic writing formats. <br><br><strong>News Websites' advantages:</strong> 1. Making full use of multimedia technology, the content of the communication is diverse. 2. Strong immediacy, can roll the report, instant update. <strong>Disadvantages:</strong> Due to the large number of people participating in the network communication, the purpose of the communicators is hidden, and the quality of the communicators is uneven. Therefore, the reliability and accuracy of the information on the Network are relatively low, especially in news reports, and people are still more inclined to trust the authoritative newspapers and TV stations. <strong>Yes, we can.</strong> Because it is much easier to produce and distribute online news than newspapers, radio, and television. <br><br><strong>Newspapers' advantages:</strong>&nbsp; Wide readership;&nbsp; Large circulation; Detailed text explanation can be carried out;&nbsp; Various forms of layout design can be carried out;&nbsp; Large information capacity. <strong>Disadvantages: </strong>Small distribution area; Low repeat reading rate;&nbsp; Not easy to preserve; The color is monotonous and the visual impact is small;&nbsp; Short timeliness. <strong>Yes, we can. </strong>Because of the bibliography and the newspaper cited in the text clip, you can cite the newspaper when writing the main text.<br><br><strong>Government Reports' advantages: </strong>they were highly reliable, well researched, and worth study and scientific use.</div><div><strong>Disadvantages:</strong> they could not cover every detail. Usually, they tell the general situation or tend. <strong>Yes, we can.</strong></div><div><br><strong>Tabloids / local magazine advantages:</strong> Short paging at low cost, which makes it attractive for printers. Practicality and convenience of use for readers. It requires less reading time than conventional formats.&nbsp;</div><div>It usually comes in the company of photographs or big headlines.&nbsp;</div><div>It is a modern and very popular format.&nbsp;</div><div>Greater visibility of advertising for the reader. Employing the tabloid format not only avoids wasting paper but helps to take advantage of a larger printable area, project print sizes, calculate, and give the user comfort when taking and reading printed material.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;<strong>Disadvantages:</strong> They are generally not as effective as other media in offering reach and frequency. <strong>Yes, we can.</strong></div><div><br><strong>Lecture Notes' advantages:</strong> They are brief and short, and they are very clear for users to use.&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Disadvantages:</strong> They could not show the whole structure of the point, nor are they reliable because those who wrote them might make mistakes. <strong>No, we can't.<br><br>YouTube Contents' advantages:</strong>&nbsp;<strong>i</strong>t allows users to search within it for videos on a wide range of academic subjects. Most of the content is aimed at university-level students, but maybe accessible for younger ones, too. YouTube helps expand students' perspectives on cross-cultural understanding. The educational use of YouTube also leads students to academic pursuits and engagement during studying abroad by developing content knowledge and skills in English.</div><div><strong>Disadvantages:</strong> Increase student's screen time and it kills productivity as there are other videos that could steer their attention away from the educational video. The information can also be inaccurate. Yes, if it is educational and it serves the purpose of the question. But we would have to cite, which would be a little different from the normal citing that we do. To cite a YouTube video in APA Style, you include the person or organization that uploaded it, their channel name (if different from their real name), the upload date, the video title (italicized), “Video” in square brackets, the name of the site, and a link to the video.<br><br><strong>Academic Journals' advantages: </strong>Academic journals are a favored source of academic information. They usually offer a more current view than do textbooks, and have credibility due to the process of peer review, under which journal articles submitted by researchers are evaluated by experts in the field before being published. Academic journals also promote active reading and provoke deep thinking. They offer a wealth of knowledge that comes critiqued and forces you to critique it also. When you're presented with so many facts in one single source, you're prompted to seek out their sources to verify whether they're true. <br><strong>Disadvantages: </strong>Scholarly journals include information of academic interest, so they are not the best sources for general interest topics. Because the peer-review process can be time-consuming, it may not include recent news or current event information. Yes. It is one of the most common credible sources because they have been peer-reviewed, read, and approved for publication by other authors.</div><div><br><strong>Encyclopedias' advantages:&nbsp;</strong>Encyclopedias give more comprehensive information than library books or any other reference materials. While encyclopedias are useful for personal knowledge growth, they are also useful for professional research. Encyclopedias offer exhaustive information on specific topics for professional purposes.<br><strong>Disadvantages:</strong> With technology being more advanced nowadays, people would switch to online encyclopedias and it would include dependence on information technology, high initial cost, quality control, and citation. Encyclopedias are considered scholarly source. The content is written by an academic for an academic audience. While entries are reviewed by an editorial board, they are not “peer-reviewed”. Encyclopedias are great as sources of background information but most university professors prefer if students used academic sources in their essays and research papers, so using an encyclopedia as a source might lead them to believe you haven't done very extensive searching and reading on your topic.&nbsp;</div><div><br><strong>A3<br></strong>1. A literature review is a document or section of a document that collects key sources on a topic and discusses those sources in conversation with each other (also called synthesis). There are a number of different situations where you might write a literature review, each with slightly different expectations; different disciplines, too, have field-specific expectations for what a literature review is and does.&nbsp;<br>2. We have to make sure the sources are well-chosen and your research is thorough. So we can use scholarly publications and journals as they are more credible and have been peer-reviewed.&nbsp;<br><br><br><br></div>]]></description>
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