1. Evaluating Sources

Answer the following questions (100 words or more total answer—not 100 words per question).

• Why are scholarly books and journals more reliable than popular sources?
• Which one would you recommend to your boss and why?

2. Apply what you’ve learned in Unit 3 to evaluate (100 words or more) this website: https://www.theonion.com/

4. Citing Sources

Answer the following questions (50 words or more total answer—not 50 words per question).

• What is the maximum percentage of your essay that can be direct quotes?
• Why is there a maximum limit for direct quotes?

For questions 5 and 6, apply what you've learned to the fictional example. The article does not actually exist; the information below is all you will need to answer the questions.

In 2012, Lori Bell wrote an article titled Leader or Manager? that was published on www.leaderormanager.com. Here is an excerpt from the article that is located on page 112:

Excerpt: Leadership involves using one’s influence by casting a vision and motivating followers to work together toward commonly held objectives. Management involves directing, planning, and controlling people, tasks, and systems in order to accomplish organizational goals.

5. Write a sentence directly quoting the first sentence of Lori Bell’s statement, as provided, using a correctly formatted APA in-text citation and reference list entry.

6. Write a sentence, which paraphrases the second sentence of Lori Bell’s statement using a correctly formatted APA in-text citation and reference list entry.

7. Avoiding Plagiarism

Take the interactive Academic Integrity Tutorial then answer the following questions (100 words or more total answer—not 100 words per question)

• What type of plagiarism is the hardest for you to avoid?
• How do you plan to avoid it?

8. Search a news website for a recent story on plagiarism. Apply what you learned in Unit 3 to decide what type of plagiarism allegedly occurred (50 words).