A) say what the source is (and/or link to it):
Food Limitation And The Adaptive Significance Of Clutch Size In American Coots (Fulica americana)
By Todd William Arnold (1991)
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/61652217.pdf
Arnold, T. W. (1991). Food limitation and the adaptive significance of clutch size in American coots (Fulica americana). ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
B) classify it into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial
Does it have citations to research that is discussed in the article (in the form of footnotes, endnotes, or as a bibliography): Yes
Does the vocabulary tailored to the author’s area of study/discipline: Yes
Does the article follow a standard format such as APA, MLA, etc: Yes
*I think this article would be classified as academic peer-reviewed research material since the paper is a doctorate thesis submitted to the Department of Zoology through the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Western Ontario. There is a very thorough bibliography along with a certificate of examination.
The one issue I have with the publication right off the bat that made me a bit nervous about deeming this to be a peer-reviewed paper would be the bionomical nomenclature that capitalizes “Americana” and no capital on the “f” in the “fulica”. The cover page does seem to be in a completely different font from the rest of the thesis, so maybe this was not the fault of the author, but it did really stand out to me.
C) provide documentation to support your classification.
When searching to determine if this thesis was considered “peer-reviewed”, the database that came up in my search was Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory: Locate Ulrichsweb in CSU Library’s list of U-Databases. When I entered the title of the thesis into the search bar, the database did recognize this paper as peer-reviewed. The thesis had been published by ProQuest Dissertations Publishing and there were numerous sources in the report that depicted the results of a field lab study completed by authors that contained Methods and Results sections.
For Example:
Clutch size in the long-tailed skua stercorarius longicaudus: some field experiments by Andersson (1976). This study was done before the time of the internet so it was harder to find the method section, but the results were detailed on: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1976.tb03522.x
Protein reserve dynamics in post-breeding adult male redheads by Bailey (1985) in Volume 87 was also before the time of online databases, but the journal article did outline a very rigorous study area and methods section on page 24 and figures/table depicting results of the experiment on page 25-28.
Bailey, R. O. (1985). Protein Reserve Dynamics in Postbreeding Adult Male Redheads. The Condor, 87(1), 23–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/1367126