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Section
1: Selecting Information Sources
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Identifying what information you need
Your research topic
and your assignment will determine what type of information you need.
At the end of this section you will be able to:
- Know when it is appropriate to use the following types of
sources for information:
- Books
- Scholarly journals and
scholarly journal articles
- Magazines and magazine
articles
- Professional
/ Trade Journals
- Newspaper articles
- Internet sites
- Know which tools to use to find the following types of sources for
information:
- Books
- Academic journals and
academic journal articles
- Magazines and magazine
articles
- Professional
/ Trade Journals
- Newspaper articles
- Internet sites
- Differentiate between scholarly, popular and professional articles
and journals.
