The Strategy

Developing Your Topic

Source Examples

Online Resources

Evaluation Criteria

Gathering Sources

Citing Sources

Plagiarism

Some Examples of Different Types of Background Sources:

	A subject encyclopedia Use this type of source to find definitions and discussions of topics within your subject area.
A biographical source Use this type of source to find background information on a particular person.
	A handbook Use this type of source to find statistics, graphs, charts, and other helpful information in a subject area.

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