Select: Evaluating Sources

How reliable are your resources? Are they relevant to your research?

Feature	Popular Sources	Semi-Academic Sources	Academic Sources
Purpose	Entertain and inform a general audience	Inform with more depth than popular sources; not as detailed as academic	Advances scholarship with original research and in-depth analysis
Audience	General public; MYP Students	Interested non-experts; MYP Students	Scholars and researchers in the field; DP Students
Authors	Journalists	Journalists with subject expertise	Academics
Review Process	Editorial review	Editorial review	Peer Review
Language/Tone	Informal and accessible	More formal than popular sources, but less jargon than academic	Formal and technical, with discipline-specific jargon
Other	Ads	Ads	No Ads.
Publication Schedule	Daily, Weekly, Monthly	Daily, Weekly, Monthly	Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly
References	Rarely cite sources	May include some citations and references	Extensive citations and references
Examples	South China Morning Post, Teen Vogue	New Scientist, Psychology Today, The Economist	The Lancet, Nature,

---