Forest Management
Ingredients of Credible Sources
- Reputation of the publication / source
- Credentials of the author
- Source is a special interest (e.g., nonprofit, company)
- Author is unbiased
- Type of source (e.g. newspaper, book)
- Date of publication
- Information presented can be verified
- Lines between facts and opinion is clear
- Evidence presented supports the conclusion(s)
Types of Sources
Sources for studying public lands:
- Tweets
- Newspapers
- News websites
- Blogs
- Presidential statements / news conferences
- Government websites (e.g., National Park Service)
- News magazine articles (e.g., Time, Newsweek)
- Scholarly journal articles (e.g., Canadian Journal of Forest Research)
- Statistics
- Documentaries / Films
- Dissertations
- Books