Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories;

One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting. konkwo Uch Luxury Fashion Branding: Trends, Tactics, Techniques. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Print.

1. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher? This is primarily for fashion majors this book would be something great to reed because it is full of information. 2. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. This applies to my research because it really goes into detail about trends tactics techniques of fashion and how it cycles back into popularity 3. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any bias in this article it is very straight forward. 4. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research.

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5. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. This source was published in 2007 and all of the information is still very relevant and true to fashion trends and cycles today 6. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. By Uch Okonkow is the author and by how well written the book was I trust and value the opinion expressed within the text 7. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research?

This article is an book with very dense research on fashion, fashion is very big in the press and this brings a lot of the press and media around it at all times. 8. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. This source doesnt have much impact on outside efforts or scholarship 9. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail.\ This case will come in handy for me understanding how things come in and out of style. With extreme help from fashion designers and marketing techniques made by other organizations 10. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating 5 I will use this book a lot for my work and understanding fashion cycles trends and tactics.

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories; One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting. "The Logic of Fashion Cycles." PLOS ONE:. N.p., 7 Mar. 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. 1. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher? People whom are searching for a scholarly article filled with facts, graphs amongst other things for their research. This article is very through and covers a wide variety of topics with in the rheum of fashion cycles. This article might fit my research but I would need to do more in-depth research to find out. 2. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. From a breef reading over the article I believe that it has potential to help me but because of the terminology used and the amount of words I do not know I believe this article is not the best one to use. 3. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any bias in this article it is cited very well and from a creatable source. It also provides related links on the page for further research of specific topics and more in depth explanations. 4. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. The works cited part of the article tells me that this is a very cretable article that can be trusted due to all of the sources

5. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. Yes this is upto date it was published in 2012 and all of the information is valid and relevant in my research. 6. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. Alberto Acerbi Stefano Ghirlanda Magnus Enquist Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, SwedenStefano Ghirlanda Honors Academy and Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of AmericaMagnus Enquist Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm Stockholm Sweden This is the information given in the About the Author tab and to me this deems him as cretable due to the large amount of information given about him from scholarly institutions. 7. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research? There are a few ads on the side of the page but not many at all. 8. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. Im not sure if it has had an impact at all. 9. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail. I know for a fact I will never use this article again but others searching for a topic similar might use this article. 10. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating. I give this article a 4 because it was good but just not for me. The large words were hard to follow and I could not fully grasp what it was trying to tell me without refusing to a dictionary

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories; ne book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting.

1. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher? This article is geared towards people who want to research large fashion retailers that are known worldwide. The information in this article is compiled from past and current employees of H&M clothing. This source fits my research perfectly because it gives me an inside look at a company the participates in keeping fashion cycles fresh and open.

2. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. This article will help my research immensely due to the fact that it discusses many components of the one of the biggest fashion retailers in the world. 3. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. There is not any bias in this article it is purely facts about the company and its history. They do a very nice job of keeping facts sharp and specific

4. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. At the end of the paper there is a works cited page that does a great job of explaining where all of the information came from and after that there is a copyright on the paper. 5. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail.

This article was posted in 2012 this is around the time H&M became popular in American and began allowing online shipping to the US 6. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. The author is creatable and her credibility is backed up by the amount of information put into her works cited page and the page that explains the copyright.

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What role does the publication or press play in this area of research?

This article is a scholarly article that clearly deigns H&M past present and minor future projections and all of their workings

8. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. I dont feel like it would have any effect of any outside sources other than competitors of H&M

9. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail. I will not personally use this for future research but it could be used by people wanting to do research or a report on H&M 10. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating I would give this article a 5 because of the great detail and explanations it gives.

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories;

One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting.

1. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher? The primary audience would be persons wanting more information on exactly how styles go in and out of style. This fits my research needs exactly more than any other source because it hits exactly on how styles go from Introduction, Rise in popularity, Decline in popularity, and Rejection and repete. 2. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. This gives me an exact graph that defines how styles go in and out of style through depiction with a graph. 3. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any biases in this article this there is not a works sited page but I need the information in the paper and fully agree with it so I am going to use this information in my paper

4. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. It is nonexistent so that tells me that this is probably not the most credible source but Im not worried because it if filled with good information 5. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. 2011 is when this article was published it is very relevant because it was within the time fram of the past 5 years 6. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. Not that I can find 7. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research?

This article is an online article and helps my research immensely 8. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. I would not say this source has an impact on much 9. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail. I do not believe it will help me much in future papers or research 10. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating I would give this article a 5 because it will be the foundation of my entire paper.

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories; One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting.

"The Logic of Fashion Cycles." PLOS ONE:. N.p., 7 Mar. 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. 1. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher? People whom are searching for a scholarly article filled with facts, graphs amongst other things for their research. This article is very through and covers a wide variety of topics with in the rheum of fashion cycles. This article might fit my research but I would need to do more in-depth research to find out. 2. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. From a breef reading over the article I believe that it has potential to help me but because of the terminology used and the amount of words I do not know I believe this article is not the best one to use. 3. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any bias in this article it is cited very well and from a creatable source. It also provides related links on the page for further research of specific topics and more in depth explanations. 4. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. The works cited part of the article tells me that this is a very cretable article that can be trusted due to all of the sources 5. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. Yes this is upto date it was published in 2012 and all of the information is valid and relevant in my research. 6. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. Alberto Acerbi, Stefano Ghirlanda, Magnus Enquist Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, SwedenStefano Ghirlanda Honors Academy and Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of AmericaMagnus Enquist Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm Stockholm Sweden This is the information given in the About the Author tab and to me this deems him as cretable due to the large amount of information given about him from scholarly institutions. 7. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research? There are a few ads on the side of the page but not many at all. 8. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. Im not sure if it has had an impact at all. 9. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail.

I know for a fact I will never use this article again but others searching for a topic similar might use this article. 10. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating. I give this article a 4 because it was good but just not for me. The large words were hard to follow and I could not fully grasp what it was trying to tell me without refusing to a dictionary

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories; One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting. "The Logic of Fashion Cycles." PLOS ONE:. N.p., 7 Mar. 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. 11. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher?

People whom are searching for a scholarly article filled with facts, graphs amongst other things for their research. This article is very through and covers a wide variety of topics with in the rheum of fashion cycles. This article might fit my research but I would need to do more in-depth research to find out. 12. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. From a breef reading over the article I believe that it has potential to help me but because of the terminology used and the amount of words I do not know I believe this article is not the best one to use. 13. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any bias in this article it is cited very well and from a creatable source. It also provides related links on the page for further research of specific topics and more in depth explanations. 14. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. The works cited part of the article tells me that this is a very cretable article that can be trusted due to all of the sources 15. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. Yes this is upto date it was published in 2012 and all of the information is valid and relevant in my research. 16. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. Alberto Acerbi Stefano Ghirlanda Magnus Enquist Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, SwedenStefano Ghirlanda Honors Academy and Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of AmericaMagnus Enquist Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm Stockholm Sweden This is the information given in the About the Author tab and to me this deems him as cretable due to the large amount of information given about him from scholarly institutions. 17. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research? There are a few ads on the side of the page but not many at all. 18. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. Im not sure if it has had an impact at all. 19. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail. I know for a fact I will never use this article again but others searching for a topic similar might use this article. 20. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating.

I give this article a 4 because it was good but just not for me. The large words were hard to follow and I could not fully grasp what it was trying to tell me without refusing to a dictionary

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories;

One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting. Riberiro, Liliana, Rui Miguel, Madalena Perira, Isabel Trindade, and Jose Lucas. "Design of Fashion Accessories." University of Beira Interior, Portugal, Dec. 2013. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. http://www.plosone.org/article/authors/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0032541

1. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher?

The primary audience for this source is would be students studying fashion design. Persons whom are concerned with the effect accessories and variations of fabric have on fashion and trends would also be drawn to this article. This article goes into great detail about the different types of fabric and the accessories playing a role in the fashion industry. This article helps my research because I can get a view of fashion from the fashion industry side. 2. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. This article will help my research because I get the view of fashion from the fashion industry. This quote from the article will also really help me. In the fashion industry accessories play an important role along with clothing in the definition and expression of personality and social positions of individuals in the society (Barnard, 2002; Pedersen, 2006; Wilcox, 1999). 3. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any biases in this article the works sited section of the article is very clear and this text is even equip with in text citations. This makes me feel like this is a very credible source. 4. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. They tell me that this article is very credible and I trust the information in the article due to the in-depth bibliography and accurate citations. 5. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. This source was posted in December of 2013 this source is up to date and very relevant to my research. 6. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. Liliana Ribeiro University of Beira Interior, Portugal Rui Miguel University of Beira Interior, Portugal Madalena Pereira University of Beira Interior, Portugal

Isabel Trindade University of Beira Interior, Portugal Jos Lucas University of Beira Interior, Portugal This is a list of the authors and they all come from a university in Portugal so I trust their authority on the subject 7. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research?

This article is an academic journal and does not have much influence from the press 8. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. I dont believe this is a popular source I just found it interesting for my research 9. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail. I do not believe that I will use this in future research, but this will come in handy for persons writing about accessories and fashion 10. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating I would give this article a 3 It has a lot of information I am going to use but it could be more dense with the facts and details.

Evaluation of Sources

Researchers crafting a reliable and relevant research project must always carefully evaluate information before they decide to use it. In this assignment, then, you will utilize your information literacy skills in order to locate and critique a variety of sources that may be applicable to your Bibliographic Essay.

In particular, you will examine a total of five sources that fall into the each of the following categories; One book Two articles from academic databases Two websites or articles from the World Wide Web

After locating your sources, compose an APA or MLA citation for each source. Next, evaluate each source by addressing the questions listed below. Finally, be prepared to discuss your evaluations during our next class meeting. "The Logic of Fashion Cycles." PLOS ONE:. N.p., 7 Mar. 2010. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.

21. Who is the primary audience for this source? How does the information meet the expectations of that particular audience? Does this source fit your particular needs as a researcher? People whom are searching for a scholarly article filled with facts, graphs amongst other things for their research. This article is very through and covers a wide variety of topics with in the rheum of fashion cycles. This article might fit my research but I would need to do more in-depth research to find out. 22. How, if at all, does the content of this source apply to your research project? Explain in detail. From a breef reading over the article I believe that it has potential to help me but because of the terminology used and the amount of words I do not know I believe this article is not the best one to use. 23. Do you detect any biases, unsupported claims, dubious support, or faulty reasoning in this source? If so, provide specific examples and explain how they affect the value of the source. If not, discuss one or two exemplary instances of scholarship that you found in the source. I do not detect any bias in this article it is cited very well and from a creatable source. It also provides related links on the page for further research of specific topics and more in depth explanations. 24. What do the notes, bibliography, or works cited tell you about the source? Examine aspects such as the currency of material, accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of research. The works cited part of the article tells me that this is a very cretable article that can be trusted due to all of the sources 25. Is the source up-to-date (no more than five years old)? How, if at all, does the age of the source affect its relevancy? Explain in detail. Yes this is upto date it was published in 2012 and all of the information is valid and relevant in my research. 26. Does the author have the experience and/or credentials necessary to be considered an authority on the subject? Explain in detail. Alberto Acerbi Stefano Ghirlanda Magnus Enquist Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, SwedenStefano Ghirlanda Honors Academy and Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States of AmericaMagnus Enquist Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm Stockholm Sweden This is the information given in the About the Author tab and to me this deems him as cretable due to the large amount of information given about him from scholarly institutions. 27. What role does the publication or press play in this area of research? There are a few ads on the side of the page but not many at all. 28. What impact has this source had on other scholarship? Consider factors such as its originality, the number of times it has been cited, and any reviews of it. Im not sure if it has had an impact at all. 29. What implications do you imagine this source will have for future research? Explain in detail. I know for a fact I will never use this article again but others searching for a topic similar might use this article.

30. On a scale of 1-5 where 1 means poor and 5 means excellent how would you rate the overall quality of this source? Briefly outline the rationale behind your rating. I give this article a 4 because it was good but just not for me. The large words were hard to follow and I could not fully grasp what it was trying to tell me without refusing to a dictionary