Analyzing the Music Industry through Feminist Theorists

REAL BAD NEWS RESEARCH AND TEACHING RESOURCE Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans | www.professorevans.net

I created the tool below for my research courses. I require at least 10 different source types for final papers in all of my classes (graduate and undergraduate). Below is an expanded list of required primary, secondary, and tertiary sources for research papers along with my evaluation criteria.

Evaluation Criteria: Content, Structure, & Sources

• Content: Clear main idea; relevant question; answer that directly addresses the question;

thesis statement; theoretical frame; methodology; argument development; relevant evidence;

provides detailed points about time and place as well as context; point of view; style;

originality; addresses several parts of Bloom’s taxonomy (KCAASE)

• Structure: Organization with unified beginning, middle, and end; clear flow of ideas by

effective use of sections and subsections; appropriate transitions; paragraphs and sentence

structure; proper punctuation; appropriate language; mechanics; evidence of editing; flow

• Sources: Valid sources that support but also complicate argument; appropriate scholarly

weight; primary documents with nuanced interpretation; correct citation in text and

bibliography; correct citation for academic discipline: Turabian, Chicago, MLA, or APA.

Scholars without sources are REAL BAD NEWS.

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1. Report/ government document/ database

2. Live source/ oral history/ interview/ video

3. Laws and legal journals

4. Books (nonfiction, scholarly, two disciplines)

5. Book reviews

6. Articles (scholarly journals and magazines)

7. Archives/ museums

8. Agency, professional association, or organization

9. Dissertations/ theses

10. Documentary or movie

11. Newspapers (one prior to 1945, one contemporary)

12. Novel or short story

13. Encyclopedia/ bibliography/ anthology

14. Website/ internet/ multimedia/ blogs/ social media

15. Songs or poems