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Finding and Evaluating Sources


Primary Source? original work, see previous lecture.


Secondary Source? "reports, descrives, comments on, or analyzes someone else's work" (Troyke
and Hesse 512).

Search strategy: "organized procedure for locating and gathering information to answer your
specific RESEARCH QUESTION" (Troyke and Hess 513).

Field research : out in the real world observing, interviewing, surveying

Library Based Searches on Databases.

RCC5113/TX76437

Use databases to find journal articles.

Primarily, use Ebsco.


Refer to this chapter in the Handbook as necessary.