Becky Lyons
DK Reading Sources


Many of the sources listed in the DK Handbook are very useful in regards to this specific research assignment. In dealing with my topic, urban legends, or the loch ness monster, I might use sources in the categories of online research, library research, or visual sources like photographs. Nonfiction books and reference books would probably be the main types of literature I would be searching for since I am trying to locate actual facts and valid information. If I could find any information in popular journals, such as TIME magazine, they would also be useful because these articles are usually selected and reviewed by editors for validity before they are published. I will probably stay away from personal websites and blogs while researching this topic because they may tend to present biased information and I don’t want them to influence my opinions on this topic. Some people are very passionate about the existence of the loch ness monster in particular and their websites would most definitely reflect their views, regardless of whether they are valid or not.