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Selecting
Sources
Now that you
know the wide range of sources available to you, how do you select
the best one for your research?
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If
you need: |
You
might try: |
Background
information, such as the history of the railroads or statistics on
the number of children immunized against diseases in the United States
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Books |
Popular
articles about new movies or social trends
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Magazines |
Current
information about a speech yesterday by the head of Ford Motor Company
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Newspapers or
Web |
| Scholarly
articles about the Chinese economy or the human genome |
Journals |
