Quiz: Authority

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You are writing a paper on the research question: Should libraries censor the Internet? For this project you are supposed to use only scholarly sources. Evaluate the following citations. Check all the boxes next to all areas of concern (there can be more than one or no areas of concern per question).

Jennifer Doe, Professor of Biology. "Libraries and the First Amendment" in Time Magazine.

Author lacks authority
Source is not intended for a scholarly audience
Source is likely to be biased
There are no areas of concern

Jeremy Doe, Professor of Communication. Free Speech and the Internet: A Postmodern Conflict, published by American University Press.

Author lacks authority
Source is not intended for a scholarly audience
Source is likely to be biased
There are no areas of concern

Jane Doe, Library Director at a University Library. "Get Off Our Backs!: Freedom, Libraries and the Patriot Act" in The Unabashed Librarian.

Author lacks authority
Source is not intended for a scholarly audience
Source is likely to be biased
There are no areas of concern

John Doe, Library Director of a Research Library. "Internet Censorship and Privacy Post-Patriot Act" in The Journal of Academic Librarianship.

Author lacks authority
Source is not intended for a scholarly audience
Source is likely to be biased
There are no areas of concern

Jennifer Doe, Professor of History at a Community College. History of Religious Censorship in the United States, published by American University Press.

Author lacks authority
Source is not intended for a scholarly audience
Source is likely to be biased
There are no areas of concern

John Doe, President of Citizens for Free Speech. "The War for Internet Freedom" in Wired Magazine.

Author lacks authority
Source is not intended for a scholarly audience
Source is likely to be biased
There are no areas of concern
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