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Choosing Sources
When choosing sources, consider:
- Who
- Who wrote it? What could their biases and affiliations be?
- What
- What kind of source is it? A book? A newspaper article?
- What claims does the source make? What is its argument or thesis?
- Where
- Where was it published? In an encyclopedia? Online? What country?
- When
- When was it written? What time frame does it cover?
- Why
- Why did the author write it?
- Why might it be useful to my own argument or research questions?
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