ANT2410: Cultural Anthropology: St. Petersburg campus

Peer Review: a process that scholarly articles go through, includes double blind review by outside reviewers who are also experts on the topic as well as editors.

Primary: records from when the event first happened. These types of sources are showing information for the first time and are original materials that other research is based on. This can be a newspaper article, letters, photographs, interviews, datasets, novels or songs .  

Secondary: a source that analyzes or restates information from a primary source. This includes textbooks, books and articles that interpret research from another source, literary criticism, biographies 

The library has a wide range of books. As with all information, how you use what type of book depends on the situation and research need. We have fiction, popular non-fiction, and scholarly books.

Fiction: literature in the form of prose, particularly novels and short stories

Popular non-fiction: Written for a general audience who might not be experts, might not include citations or references, typically narrative or biographical. Can be a great resource for basic information on a topic. 

Scholarly: Written by authority on topic for other scholars, may be written by one author but also may be edited volume from multiple experts. Often published by university or scholarly association.