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
Potential sources for studying public lands:
- Dictionary
- Encyclopedia
- Tweets
- Newspapers
- News magazine articles (e.g., Time, Newsweek)
- News websites
- Podcasts / Blogs
- First person accounts (e.g., oral history, memoir)
- Speeches
- Presidential statements / news conferences
- Laws (federal, state, local)
- Court opinions (federal, state)
- Federal government agencies (e.g., Department of the Interior, National Park Service)
- State government agencies (e.g., California Natural Resources Agency)
- Scholarly journal articles (e.g., Canadian Journal of Forest Research)
- Magazine articles (e.g., National Geographic)
- Documentaries / Films
- Maps
- Photographs
- Statistics
- Books