CDIS 100: Intro. to Communication Sciences & Disorders: Evaluating: Types of Sources

Developing your skills as an academic researcher requires that you learn how to identify types of information sources.

(1) Go over the information presented here to strengthen your understanding of source types and how scholarly, peer-reviewed sources differ from popular sources like websites written for public consumption and newspapers. 

(2) Select an article to evaluate:

• Translocation of an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery With Resolution of Dysphagia Lusoria
• Dysphagia
• Evaluating Dysphagia

(3) Work independently to complete the worksheet below. Turn in your completed assignment at the start of class and prepare for a class discussion on your answers. 

• seek sources appropriate to your objectives -- Are you introducing yourself to a topic or looking for a case study of a toddler?
• strategize where and how to find them -- Different strategies are needed to find a single research study and a systematic review of multiple research studies.
• determine how to use them -- Both client coping strategies and a study on treatment protocols are valuable sources of information to be used in distinct ways.