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For this assignment I chose two sources to discriminate among different sources of information. The main tool I used was our online tutorial flow chart and associated readings from Module 1.
A) Book off my Shelf
Title: The New B.C. Roadside Naturalist A Guide to Nature along B.C. Highways by Richard & Sydney Cannings
B) classify it into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial
Non-academic material
C) provide documentation to support your classification
There are no in-text citations and it does not contain a bibliography though is was written by an expert in the field.
A) Textbook on my desk
Title: Freedman, B., Hutchings, J., Gwynne, D., Smol, J., Suffling, R., Turkington, R., Walker, R. & Bazely, D. (2015). Ecology: A Canadian Context. 2nd edition. Toronto, ON: Nelson Education.
B) classify it into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial
Academic peer-reviewed review material
C) provide documentation to support your classification
Ecology: A Canadian Context was written by experts in the field, has in-text citations and references. In the acknowledgements section it thanks colleagues for their review efforts. It does not have a methods and results section which means it is not research material.
