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Research 101: Library Research Basics
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Picking a topic
Background research
Finding articles, books, and more
Using Google and evaluating sources
Scholarly vs. popular sources
Primary vs. secondary sources
Finding statistics
Citing your sources
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Annotated Bibliographies
Literature Reviews
Zotero (Citation Management)
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