With the reading assignment in mind and in small groups, answer the following questions. Send me an email with your group’s answers and a list of group members. We’ll talk about what you found once you’ve sent the email.
- How might one source lead to another?
- What are differences between primary and secondary sources?
- What are differences between scholarly and popular sources?
- How might you determine if a source is scholarly?
- What kinds of sources do college professor expect? Why?
- What is a book’s index? Why might one be useful?
- What kinds of information can be found at USA.gov or the Library of Congress website?
- Which of the general databases listed in our text could be useful for the problem/solution you’re working on?
- What are good keyword search strategies? What works when conducting keyword searches?
- What kinds of questions should you ask if you conduct interviews?
- What tips for conducting interviews does the book suggest?
- What difficulties are associated with surveys and questionnaires?
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