PAID 112 Section 16 - Peterson (Spring 2025)

 Your Open Unit Text

Transformed by the Journey: 150 Years of Luther College in Word and Image by Wilfred Bunge, Dale Nimrod, and Mary Hull Mohr

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When choosing sources, consider:

• Who
  • Who wrote it? What could their biases and affiliations be?
• What
  • What kind of source is it? A book? A newspaper article?
  • What claims does the source make? What is its argument or thesis?
• Where
  • Where was it published? In an encyclopedia? Online? What country?
• When
  • When was it written? What time frame does it cover?
• Why
  • Why did the author write it?
  • Why might it be useful to my own argument or research questions?