Winter 2019 slides for DBL course question 21

1. CURRENCY OF SOURCES
William Hoiles from Basking Ridge, NJ, USA [CC BY 2.0
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

2. • Information sources may be found at any point along
the information cycle after an event:
• Determining Currency of Information
z What is
considered
“current”
depends on
how fast the
field is moving.
Social Media Posts
Immediate to
months after
Conference
Papers, Reports
(Typically) A few
months after to
less than a year
Journal Articles
(Typically) Several
months after to
more than a year
Books
A year or more
after

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