User: | Open Learning Faculty Member:
A) say what the source is (and/or link to it),
The source is Scott, Virgil E., Keith E. Evans, David R. Patton, and Charles P. Stone. Cavity-Nesting Birds of North American Forests. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. Print. Ser. 511.
The book is available at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/49172/49172-h/49172-h.htm.
B) classify it into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial.
I have classified the source as non peer-reviewed academic material.
C) provide documentation to support your classification.
The source is non peer-reviewed academic material based on the following observations:
- The authors’ institutional affiliations indicate they have been paid to do the research.
- There are in-text citations.
- The information source contains a references section.
- The book is a government document and does not include an accepted date. However, the reviewers are mentioned, but they are not anonymous. After reviewing the publication’s editorial policies, the book was not peer-reviewed before publication (https://www.govinfo.gov/about/policies).
- The article does not include a field or laboratory study (i.e. missing methods and results sections).
Great job, minor point that it is not key whether they authors were paid or not, looking for expertise