"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
--Albert Einstein
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Research typically involves using a variety of sources:
Articles (newspapers, magazines, journals, found in library databases)
Proceedings or Papers
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.