LibGuides: CP: Reflective Project: Other sources: newspapers, magazines, podcasts, etc

Other sources

Use Perplexity and ask for best sources (or you can ask specifically for magazines or podcasts, etc) in your 'industry' or look at some of PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS BELOW.

For example

What are the best sources of information if I am a graphic designer?

What are the best magazines for cosmetics?

What the best podcasts about big data and AI?

How will this help you?

In Criterion A, you will need to discuss your Method and this is often where you will include some details about your sources and how your evaluation of them informed your project. This is where you apply OPVL, you can discuss the origin of the source and it's potential bias, how the purpose supports your research, maybe the source has value since it was cited hundreds of times or maybe how a source has limitations due to it's age.

Samples
Origin	In the documentary “Gucci’s Success Story”, Gucci himself speaks about design so I feel this resource is unique and provided me with … Although this information came from Uniqolo’s own store website (Uniqolo: About Us), I found other websites (Sustain Cloth) confirmed the same information ...
Purpose	The article by Calvin and Hobbes (5) about web design was a perfect fit since I am also designing a sport blog ...
Value	For my research, I found a blog (Bulk Up Now) by sport enthusiast Mike Jones and although he doesn’t have a degree, he has successfully worked in the industry and marketed a number of products.
Limitation	For my research, I found a blog (Bulk Up Now) by sport enthusiast Mike Jones and although he doesn’t have a degree, he has successfully worked in the industry and marketed a number of products so his view is one of a business person selling his product.
Content	In order to create a website that would help teens with anxiety, I looked at Gerald Brommer’s book “Elements and Principles of Design” which was helpful since it gave me general information about art design (36).