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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:
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You
might try:
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| Background
information, such as the historyof the railroads
or statistics on the number of children immunized
againstdiseases
in the United States.
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Books
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Popular
articles about new movies or social trends

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Magazines
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Current
information about a speech made yesterday by the head
of Ford Motor Company
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Newspapers or
Web
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Scholarly
articles about the Chinese economy or the human genome
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Journals
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