Credible or Not?

Internet

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https://www.enotes.com/topics/veldt

What is not credible. Enotes is a wiki page, which is good for getting a feel for the story, but it is not an academic source.

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http://www.shmoop.com/a-rose-for-emily/

What is not credible. Shmoop is another example of a wiki source, which is not an academic source.

400

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/01/what-flannery-oconnor-got-right-epiphanies-arent-permanent/266841/

What is credible. The Atlantic is considered a reputable magazine. I consider it a credible source.

EbscoHost

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Suess, Barbara A. "The Writing's on the Wall" Symbolic Orders in 'The Yellow Wallpaper'." Women's Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Jan/Feb2003, p. 79. EBSCOhost, Access no: 9063692.

What is a credible source. This is an article from an academic journal accessed through Ebscohost.

300

Davis, Linda Prewett. "The Edge of the Storm." Masterplots, Fourth Edition, November 2010, pp. 1-4. EBSCOhost, Access no: 103331MP415809310000076.

What is not credible. Masterplots mainly offers summary and reviews of stories, so it does not add anything to story analysis.

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"Made in Africa Sticker as Eleven from the Veldt Pad out England, NZ Squads." New Zealand Herald, n.d. EBSCOhost, Access no: HOB228338421013.

What is not credible. This is not credible because it is not actually about "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury and is not relevant to the story at all.

Print Sources

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https://www.amazon.com/Faulkner-Cavalier-Tradition-American-Literature/dp/1433111551/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

What is credible. Lorie Watkins Fulton received her PhD from the University of Southern Mississippi and is Assistant Professor of English at William Carey University. She has published several essays about William Faulkner and is a former William Faulkner Society Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference student fellow.

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https://www.amazon.com/Flannery-OConnor-Fiction-Fired-People/dp/0814637019/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488554528&sr=1-1&keywords=Flannery+O%27Connor+Criticism

What is a credible source. When looking at the author information. One can figure out that the book is a credible source.

400

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Hard-Find-Other-Stories/dp/0156364654/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488554736&sr=1-3&keywords=Flannery+O%27Connor

What is not credible. This is an example of a primary source, not a secondary source.

Google Search

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/03/mark-levin-obama-used-police-state-tactics-undermine-trump/

What is not credible. Breitbart has been discredited by multiple news sources.

300

http://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/a-good-man-is-hard-to-find/

What is not credible. Obviously, Sparknotes is not an academic source.

400

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/26/gabriel-garcia-marquez-legacy-mona-simpson

What is credible. The Guardian is a credible news source, and would be considered academic.