1. What the source is:
Argus, G., Boas, F., Coupé, R., Douglas, G., Goward, T., McKinnon, A., Pojar, J., Pojar, R., & Roberts, A. (2021). Plants of Northern British Columbia (A. MacKinnon, J. Pojar, & R. Coupé, Eds.; 2nd ed.). B.C. Ministry of Forests & Lone Pine Media Productions (BC) Ltd.
2. Classify the source into one of the four types of information discussed in the tutorial:
The book I chose, “Plants of Northern British Columbia” by Argus et al. (2021) is an academic, peer-reviewed review.
3. Provide documentation to support your classification:
I concluded that my source is academic because it is written by experts in the field, as their credentials are seen in the last page of the book. The book also contains in-text citations and a bibliography. The source is also peer-reviewed because there are three editors of the book who have appropriate credentials in the field. This book is not research material, as it does not contain a methods or results sections. Therefore, “Plants of Northern British Columbia” by Argus et al. (2021) is considered to be an academic, peer-reviewed review source.
Books like this one can be tricky. They are reviewed by peers, but not in the same way with anonymous reviewers that peer-reviewed journal articles are. Great book!