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Letters written by Alexander Hamilton
What is a primary source?
Journal of Marine Biology.
What is a scholarly source?
These articles/sources are meant for the general public to consume.
What are popular sources?
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
What is a secondary source?
These sources are not required to have a works cited/reference page.
What are popular sources?
These sources tend to use a lot of jargon (subject specific language)
What is a scholarly source?
Washington Post.
What is a popular source?
These tend to have advertisements and glossy pictures.
What are magazines?
Civil engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers).
What is a trade journal?
Staff writers and journalists write these articles.
What are popular articles?
The process that scholarly articles go through to help verify reliability and credibility.
What is peer review?
People with advanced degrees like PhD, Masters, or have expertise usually write these for other experts.
What are scholarly articles?
Articles in these journals are written to inform people in a specific field about current news and trends.
What are trade journals?
This source tends to use statistics, graphs, charts, and is research heavy to support the arguments and claims.
What is an academic article?
A letter to the editor in an academic journal.
What is a popular source?