Wednesday May 22, 2013 Library Hours: 7:30am to 10:00pm Eastern
Michigan University Library Why use scholarly sources? Because
of the level of authority and credibility evident in scholarly
sources they contribute a great deal to the overall quality of
your papers. Use of scholarly sources is an expected attribute
of academic course work. In all disciplines, knowledge is built
by responding to the ideas and discoveries of those who came
before us. Scholarly journal articles are unique in that they
require authors to document and make verifiable the sources of
the facts, ideas, and methods they used to arrive at their
insights and conclusions. Scholarly articles also strive to
identify and discuss the merits of alternative explanations and
viewpoints for the positions they espouse. This makes it easier
to assess the truth, as well as the strengths and weaknesses, of
the claims made in a paper. This is the case for those with
knowledge of a subject (for example, your professor), as well as
for those just beginn