Introduction and Welcome to Exploring Sources

Welcome! This module is focused on exploring and identifying types of sources you will be expected to use at university and how to identify them using the Library as a starting point.

Over the course of this module you will encounter:

A vocabulary word list
Infographics
Videos
Vocabulary practice quizzes
Opportunities to share
Module end quiz

This module includes two worksheets: Activity Questions and Vocabulary Words. Filling out the associated worksheets will help you to keep track of what you have learned and apply your knowledge to the final quiz. To receive a certificate of completion for this module, you are required to view all pages in this module and receive a 90% or above in the final module quiz.

This module should take between 35-50 minutes to complete!

Territorial Acknowledgement

The content creation team for this module would like to acknowledge and give thanks to the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people, whose traditional, unceded, and ancestral land UBC occupies.

You can find out more details about the land UBC occupies through the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and UBC research guide.

We also know that you may be completing this module from a number of places and may want to know more about the lands you are on. You can find out more about land acknowledgments and help you to identify a traditional territory at Native Land Links to an external site..

Module Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

Define different types of sources and some of their traits;
Describe the difference between scholarly and popular sources;
Describe the peer-review process for academic journal articles;
Describe and identify the difference between primary and secondary sources;
Identify and describe the typical sections of an academic article.

Exploring Sources Worksheet

Below is a worksheet for you to use with the activities you will find as you move through the module. We will also ask you to do some short practice quizzes to practice what you've learned as you progress. A final quiz at the end is required in order to complete the module.

Exploring Sources Worksheet Download Exploring Sources Worksheet

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