Specificity of Sources
Encyclopedias provide a general overview of a topic in the context of World History. Scholarly articles focus on specific, targeted details about a narrow topic.
Images from "Thinking Critically about Information: “Good” and “Bad” Source Types" PowerPoint created by Kevin Klipfel, Information Literacy Coordinator, California State University, Chico. Contact: kklipfel@csuchico.edu.
Source Timeline
