LDR 100: Foundations of Leadership

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Scholarly sources are those which:

• 1) are written by scholars
• 2) vetted in some way for accuracy
• 3) introduce new concepts, or new ways of thinking about existing concepts.

For books, here are some guidelines:

• Is the book published by a university press, i.e. University of Maine Press? If so, it likely meets the requirement. Some other publishers are also scholarly; you can Google the publisher's name to get a sense of what they publish.

• What are the credentials of the author (Google them if info is not provided)?  Is the book written, or edited, by impartial scholars?  (Note: books written by journalists, or politicians, for example, might not be scholarly)

• Does the book contain citations to references, both within the text, and in a bibliography or reference list?