Sources....

What sources I use for papers depends on what kind of paper I am writing. For most of my papers, if there is no source requirement such as a scholarly source, I use Google. Also if there are books that relate to my topic I will use those. I will usually start with books if I am using them because I know the information in them is reliable and will add to my paper. After I retrieve information from books, I go straight to Google. The reason I do this is because Google gives such a wide range of websites, and always has something on any topic I am writing on. Google has been a site I have used my entire writing career and it usually works out great, so I’m keeping it up, don’t fix what’s not broken. The problem with always using Google is the same reason why I always use it, which makes it a controversial site to use. The problem is that it gives so many sites to choose from. I could be looking at a site written by a scholar who knows a great deal on the subject, and I could be looking at a site made by a college student no smarter than me, and I would never know. Although sometimes I do check the author and look through the site to check how reliable it really is, this is how I choose which sites to use in the final draft of my paper. The issue of where to use sites depends a lot on the paper, I like to mix it up throughout my paper so it doesn’t appear that I have mostly used one site for my entire paper. I just put quotes in my paper wherever they fit best, that’s my strategy. The best way for me to improve the sources I use is to check for reliability. Check out who the author is and see if they have written anything else on the subject, eventually I will find out if they are reliable or not. Also I could check out other websites like library websites instead of constantly using Google. Overall I feel as though I do pretty well with finding and using sources, but there’s always room for improvement.