Finding Reliable Sources

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Performing Research and Finding Reliable Sources Understanding how to properly search for evidence is a skill that takes time to acquire. Identifying the different types of evidence will assist the researcher in locating the proper evidence for evidence based practice (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Knowing how to search for evidence and applying search strategies will save the researcher time and allow for the researcher to find the most reliable sources (Schmidt & Brown, 2015).
Primary and Secondary Sources Primary and secondary sources are just two of the ways in which evidence can be categorized (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Primary sources are ones that demonstrate original information (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). This type of source is a product …show more content…

Individuals who were not involved in the original research are the writers to secondary sources (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). In addition, this source is constructed after the original or primary sources is revealed (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). One advantage of secondary sources is that these sources provide the reader with a new viewpoint that was not explained in the original source (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Another aspect of secondary sources is that they do not include references of other individuals work (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Lastly, some examples of secondary resources are as follows: biographies, magazines, textbooks, and systematic reviews (Schmidt & Brown, …show more content…

Evidence in literature reviews can be found from primary and secondary sources, peer reviewed sources, scholarly, trade and popular literature sources (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). As stated previously, primary sources are ones that demonstrate original information (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Secondary sources contain evidence from literature that recaps or reviews primary sources (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Furthermore, peer reviewed sources contain evidence from primary sources that has been assessed by experts (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Scholarly literature contains evidence from original research that has been written by professionals (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Trade literature are those that are written for professionals (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). However, this type of literature presents information in a more general format (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). Lastly, popular literature is constructed for the general public (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). When compiling evidence for a literature review, one must be use caution when reviewing evidence from trade and popular literature (Schmidt & Brown, 2015). The researcher should primarily use evidence that comes from primary, secondary, peer reviewed and scholarly literature sources (Schmidt & Brown,

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