Sources

When it comes to finding sources, I like to first identify the best way to answer the question that has been presented. After I have done this, I usually find three or more sub components of the big answer and go into depth about each one. With these three topics, I can normally find sources fairly easy. One quick and easy way is of course the internet that can take a simple google search with a couple of key words in quotations. Others can be a little bit harder to find, such as books and magazine articles. When it comes to searching for these I like to think of something a little broader that may involve what I am going to be talking about. Also, especially on magazine articles, going to the magazine's website and searching for the keywords you are bound to turn up with something that is related to your topic.

Once I have finally found something, I try to read as much as the article that pertains to my topic, highlighting what could make relevance in my paper. After going through all the sources, I look at the bigger statements in each paper, and ask myself which ones I could more in depth with, or which ones I could do a little more research with. Finding sources in some places is very easy, but for others it can be very difficult. I would like to be able to learn how to make myself better at these "other" sources, and also determining what would be relevant in a paper, and what should be left out.