Types of sources
When it comes to selecting sources, we most often want primary, peer-reviewed articles. What does that mean?
Sources can be categorized in a couple ways: They may be scholarly or non-scholarly, and under scholarly sources, they may be primary, secondary, or tertiary.
Scholarly and non-scholarly sources
Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources
Identifying scholarly articles
To help identify parts of a scholarly article, check out this interactive tutorial created by Andreas Orphanides at NCSU Libraries.
