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Understanding types of articles

Did you know that there are different levels of information in the articles that you may encounter? Watch the video below to discover the difference between popular, trade, and scholarly information.

The search process

Your search process might be straightforward, but chances are high that you'll have to try several searches, and gain a deeper understanding of your topic as you go, before you end up with search results that will really be of value as you answer your research question. Below is an example of a fairly straight-forward search process, and you can see that even it is complicated. Give yourself space to try several searches, and find the one that works best for your topic.

Example search process, with three searches before the results are useful

Evaluating websites

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