"Finding and Evaluating Research Sources" is the aptly named title of this chapter, and a darn important component in a research paper. It is your research, the lot that the whole paper is based off of. The "iceberg of research” is probably my favorite visual. Its significance is to tell you to always look under the surface. If you always look under the surface in researching, your paper will be filled with a wide variety of sources and that will enrich your paper's argument.
This chapter also tells us how to use proper searching terms, to better narrow our research. Then it helps us distinguish between primary and secondary sources and how to use them in our papers. It then tells us how to evaluate our sources and which websites are credible, and which resources are credible. It shows us how to keep up with all of our research, and how to write an annotated bibliography. Tons of extremely useful information piled into one chapter.
This chapter is all about research...research, research, research! It really helped me get a better grasp on my actual task in writing this research paper. I will definitely be using this chapter to guide me through this process.
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