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Choosing & Identifying the Best Source Types for Your Research

Learn about all the different source types and when they are appropriate and helpful to you in the research process: encyclopedias, Wikipedia, books, scholarly articles, popular articles and magazines, trade magazines, news, and websites!

How Do You Know Source is High Quality?

Source:

Radcliff, C.J.; Jensen, M.L.; Salem, J.A. Jr.; Burhanna, K.J.; Gedeon, J.A., A Practical Guide to Information Literacy Assessment for Academic Librarians; Libraries Unlimited: Westport, Connecticut, 2007, p. 111.