Where to Find Credible Sources for Your Research Paper

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!he d eaded esea ch pape can lea"e many wonde ing whe e to go fo info mation. #ith the $nte net being so accessible% it might be tempting to type wo ds into Google and use whate"e comes up fi st. &ou may get luc'y and get g eat sou ces% o you may get stuc' with less c edible sites that lea"e you p ofesso wonde ing whe e you got such info mation. (ea ning how to e"aluate sou ces fo esea ch pape w iting is a 'ey component to you esea ch pape )s success. *e e a e fi"e tips to help you as you gathe you sou ces:

Start !ith a si&ple search' +ea ch engines% such as Google o Yahoo! a e g eat places to sta t when you) e fi st eading up on the assigned w iting topic. ()oid Wikipedia' , int and digital encyclopedias% such as Encyclopedia Britannica and InfoPlease.com a e excellent sou ces f om which to gathe mate ial. -ut be ca eful of sites such as #i'ipedia that allow multiple use s to edit. #i'ipedia is a g eat .umping/off point in te ms of figu ing out what to sea ch fo % but double/chec' all of the facts by using c edible sou ces of info mation. Use online scholarl* databases such as InfoTrac% LexisNexis and EBSCO% which p o"ide access to the latest esea ch in hund eds of a eas. "e!spapers and &a$a+ines a e also ich sou ces of info mation about what is happening now. 0onside b owsing th ough the New York Times% TIME and the Wall Street Journal.

on,t for$et the librar*' 1ften this ich sou ce of info mation is o"e loo'ed because students thin' it)s mo e con"enient to loo' sub.ects up online. !he p oblem with that is you miss out on accidentally stumbling upon a boo' o maga2ine that might .ust be the pe fect sou ce fo you esea ch pape .
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%nline scholarl* databases a e a g eat place to sta t. +ta ting with a simple sea ch of you topic a e the best way to dip you toe in the wate % get a sense of what)s out the e and gauge the b eadth of academic esea ch done on you topic at hand. $nfo! ac: 3ull/text databases of content f om academic .ou nals and maga2ines (exis4exis: , o"ides access to c edible legal% business and news info mation E-+01: 5atabase and e-oo' p o"ide fo lib a ies and othe institutions 5167: 5i ecto y of 1pen 6ccess 7ou nals , o8uest: 6 collection of many academic and business databases 7+!19: :o e than a thousand academic .ou nals and o"e a million images. "e!spapers and &a$a+ines can p o"ide a g eat supplement to online schola ly sou ces as well as b ing you esea ch up to speed on what)s cu ent and in the news. :a'e su e to ca efully e"aluate you sou ces% and choose f om those that a e 'nown to be ob.ecti"e% eputable and of high ;uality.

4ewspape s to sta t with: The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal :aga2ines to sta t with: TIME, Newsweek, The New Yorker, U.S. News & World e!ort, "ar!er#s, The E$onomist #hat not to do. 6"oid agg egate content sites such as #i'ipedia% #i'ihow% &ahoo< 6nswe s and e*ow. !hey pull thei content f om othe places but do not p ope ly "et thei autho s) c edentials and the efo e a e not conside ed c edible sou ces of info mation.
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6s we mentioned in ou a ticle on finding c edible sou ces online% e"aluating whethe o not a sou ce is c edible% and the efo e usable% in you esea ch pape % thesis% disse tation o othe academic wo ' is 'ey to you pape )s success. !he e a e se"e al facto s to conside : 4.pert (uthor: !he autho should be an autho ity on the sub.ect matte . !he a ticle will typically list the autho )s academic deg ee and affiliate institution. (uthor %b:ecti)it*: $t should be clea that the autho )s pu pose is to info m% educate and explain. !he autho )s a guments should be suppo t by p ope ly cited facts f om multiple sou ces. Peer Re)ie!s: !he a ticle should be e"iewed by othe expe ts in the autho )s field of study. &ou can find pee / e"iewed a ticles in schola ly .ou nal databases such as $nfo! ac and (exis4exis. Reputable Scholarl* ;ournal: !he a ticle you) e citing should appea in a uni"e sity p ess% an academic p ess o a pee / e"iewed p ess. Robust Biblio$raph*: 6 c edible sou ce f om a schola ly .ou nal o database should

contain a bibliog aphy o efe ences list that demonst ates the depth and b eadth of the autho )s esea ch. 6i$h<=ualit* Content: !he autho )s mate ial should be clea ly o gani2ed and ele"ant to the topic at hand. 6nd of cou se% the a ticle should be well w itten and f ee of g ammatical and spelling e o s.