Professional & Technical Communication

Workplace writing in a variety of places and ways

A Supplemental Text for English 3764 at Virginia Tech as taught by Traci Gardner <tengrrl @ vt. edu>

Know Your Sources

The Portland Community College’s Know Your Sources infographic (partial screenshot shown below) works through all of the aspects you should consider before using a source in your writing. The image below shows an excerpt of the graphic.

Review the information on their site to learn more about evaluating your sources. Add a comment that either applies some of the tests to a source you have found for your Recommendation Report to demonstrate that the source is (or isn’t) a good choice for your project.

Screenshot of Know Your Sources page from PCC.edu