How do I select a source?

Now that you know a range of information sources available to you, how do you select the best one for your research needs?

If you need:	You might try:
Background information, such as the history of the railroads or statistics on the number of children immunized against diseases in the United States	Books
Popular articles about new movies or social trends	Magazines or the Web
Current information about a speech yesterday by the head of Ford Motor Company	Newspapers or the Web
Scholarly articles about the Chinese economy or the human genome	Journals
To retrieve the titles and call numbers for a variety of different resources on the Underground Railroad	Online Library Catalog

 

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