Sources can be found in two forms, books and articles. You should be familiar with the library’s
electronic catalogue and the ways of searching it, in order to find books: it's not difficult, and if
you don't know how to do it by now go immediately and find out. If you have a problem, simply
ask a librarian, they will be happy to help you. Just spend half an hour getting familiar with the
library computer, finding out what it can do and how the system can help you. In many cases
books are not the primary source of information. They are often out-of-date, as you have surely
discovered by now. Besides, in order to get the complete idea of the book, you’ll have to read
the entire book, then work with it to filter out the main ideas. The reality is that you gain no
special merit points for having read them, because so has everyone else
Articles are a different matter. Articles in academic journals are normally on the shelves. They
are more work to track down, but success will be rewarded by the admiration of your examiner.
Articles are full of interesting, original, and up-to-date ideas, that, maybe, your examiner has
not heard of (but don't count on this: stealing ideas is heavily penalized). Also they can be full
of useless information. This is good too, because you'll have plenty to disagree with and the
information to base your argument upon.
Ther internet can also be a great resource for research and information. There are many online
libraries, many of which are free but there are a few that require payment. One of the most
popular is Wikipedia. It is a free online multilingual encyclopedia written collaboratively by contributors
around the world and can be a good resource for content. Anybody can edit and add
an article or information to Wikipedia. It offers quick understanding on many controversial
issues. The Web has now become a fantastic resource that offers: easily available information,
full of material, and with an answer to every question. However, there are problems, and you
should use the Web carefully. You can not just copy and paste the content from an online article
– it will be plagiarism and that is a crime. Many universities now have special anti-plagiarism
software, which is used to find stolen content in the written papers students turn in as projects
and assignments. Countless careless students have been expelled from colleges because of
plagiarizing content from the Web. That is why you can use only ideas from internet with exact
references to the sources, but not copying the conten
electronic catalogue and the ways of searching it, in order to find books: it's not difficult, and if
you don't know how to do it by now go immediately and find out. If you have a problem, simply
ask a librarian, they will be happy to help you. Just spend half an hour getting familiar with the
library computer, finding out what it can do and how the system can help you. In many cases
books are not the primary source of information. They are often out-of-date, as you have surely
discovered by now. Besides, in order to get the complete idea of the book, you’ll have to read
the entire book, then work with it to filter out the main ideas. The reality is that you gain no
special merit points for having read them, because so has everyone else
Articles are a different matter. Articles in academic journals are normally on the shelves. They
are more work to track down, but success will be rewarded by the admiration of your examiner.
Articles are full of interesting, original, and up-to-date ideas, that, maybe, your examiner has
not heard of (but don't count on this: stealing ideas is heavily penalized). Also they can be full
of useless information. This is good too, because you'll have plenty to disagree with and the
information to base your argument upon.
Ther internet can also be a great resource for research and information. There are many online
libraries, many of which are free but there are a few that require payment. One of the most
popular is Wikipedia. It is a free online multilingual encyclopedia written collaboratively by contributors
around the world and can be a good resource for content. Anybody can edit and add
an article or information to Wikipedia. It offers quick understanding on many controversial
issues. The Web has now become a fantastic resource that offers: easily available information,
full of material, and with an answer to every question. However, there are problems, and you
should use the Web carefully. You can not just copy and paste the content from an online article
– it will be plagiarism and that is a crime. Many universities now have special anti-plagiarism
software, which is used to find stolen content in the written papers students turn in as projects
and assignments. Countless careless students have been expelled from colleges because of
plagiarizing content from the Web. That is why you can use only ideas from internet with exact
references to the sources, but not copying the conten
