12.2: Evaluating and Analyzing Different Types of Sources By Ukaisha Al-Amin

Evaluating Secondary Sources and Organizations

In this lesson, you will learn how to look for different types of organizations and websites that contain information as well as secondary sources. Secondary sources are second hand accounts of information. They usually synthesize ideas and include a claim about the topic. As you find these sources, you may realize that many are very similar. A strong evaluation will help you decide which source to pick. You want to avoid having ten similar sources. These secondary sources may be op-ed articles, persuasive documentaries, cultural or social critiques, textual analyses, and different types of arguments.