Analyzing Sources Worksheet

As you begin your work in this course, this assignment gives you the opportunity to explore scholarly sources, analyze their purposes, and determine how to apply those sources to your work. To successfully use scholarly literature, you need to understand its source and components.

 

Assignment Instructions

 

If you have not done so already, explore the United States Census Bureau web page:

 

· United States Census Bureau. (2019, September).  Income and poverty in the United States: 2018. Links to an external site.  https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2019/demo/income-poverty/p60-266.html

 

The following resources may be helpful for you as you explore the library:

 

· Bachelor’s in Psychology Library Research Guide: Finding ArticlesLinks to an external site. .

 

· Finding Articles Using the Journals Tab [Video]Links to an external site. .

 

Use the  Analyzing Sources Worksheet [DOCX]  to complete your work. Make sure you read and follow the directions carefully.

 

Be sure to use current APA style and format guidelines for your citations. See  Evidence and APALinks to an external site.  for more information.

 

Submit the completed worksheet as your deliverable for the assignment.

 

Competencies Measured

 

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

 

· Competency 1: Apply information literacy skills to topics in human lifespan development.

 

· Locate information in a government source.

 

· Locate articles in the library.

 

· Locate information in a scholarly source.

 

· Paraphrase information from a source.

 

· Competency 3: Explain research found in scholarly articles related to human lifespan development.

 

· Evaluate sources for generalizability.

 

· Competency 5: Communicate with clear purpose, organization, evidence, tone, and sentence structure.

 

· Use formatted APA-style citations.