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Choosing sources for college research projects can be challenging. How do we know if a source is good? Asking thoughtful questions about the sources is the essence of evaluating information. Which ones should we be asking?

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

How do professors become knowledgeable experts in their subject areas? Part of the answer is that they have been involved in many scholarly conversations. These conversations take place in classrooms, offices, hallways, conferences, articles and books.

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

We make citations and write bibliographic references for the books and articles that we use in our research papers in order to give credit to the authors and to avoid plagiarism. Knowing just how to cite and reference a source can be confusing. Certainly, all the different ways of citing and referencing sources must have been invented to drive you crazy, right?

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

Choosing sources for college research projects can be challenging. How do we know if a source is good? Asking thoughtful questions about the sources is the essence of evaluating information. Which ones should we be asking?

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

How do professors become knowledgeable experts in their subject areas? Part of the answer is that they have been involved in many scholarly conversations. These conversations take place in classrooms, offices, hallways, conferences, articles and books.

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

Choosing sources for college research projects can be challenging. How do we know if a source is good? Asking thoughtful questions about the sources is the essence of evaluating information. Which ones should we be asking?

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.

How do professors become knowledgeable experts in their subject areas? Part of the answer is that they have been involved in many scholarly conversations. These conversations take place in classrooms, offices, hallways, conferences, articles and books.

Start your searching with the library's OneSearch box to find a wealth of scholarly and popular articles and books. This search box can lead you to lots of quality sources.

Knowing how to distinguish between scholarly and popular articles can help you be smarter about the sources you choose for your papers and projects. Recognize the types of articles your professors expect.