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Finding Sources

Finding a Topic
Finding
Sources
 
Evaluating
Sources
Organizing
Sources
Writing & Revising 
Documenting
Sources

 


 

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Finding Sources

Take time to find the best sources for your topic. To locate books, you need to learn how to search the online catalog at your institution. Indexes and databases help researchers locate articles in periodicals--magazines, journals, newspapers, and other texts that are issued at regular intervals.

Some kinds of research projects require that you interview experts on your topic.

To find experts on your topic, see Finding Experts, which contains advice from Computer-Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping Online Informaton, by Nora Paul.

To learn more interviewing, see Tips for Interviewers

       

 



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