Research typically involves using a variety of sources:
Articles (newspapers, magazines, journals, found in library databases)
Books or eBooks
Dissertations
Encyclopedias
Proceedings or Papers
Statistical sources
Websites
The video to the left provides an overview of the type of information you can find in sources such as books, encyclopedias, journal and magazine articles.
Your professor may also ask for primary or secondary sources (or both). The video to the left, below, will help you to distinguish between the two.