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Chapter 6: Carissa Nguyen

When writing a research paper, it is extremely important to have multiple sources. This will not only give you more information about your topic, but it will make your paper more credible. In chapter 6, different types of sources were introduced such as a general source and a specialized academic source.. Whenever I had a research paper in high school, I did not really pay attention to what kind of sources I was using. I just used whatever information I could find. However, in this chapter I learned the differences between all the sources. For example general sources are written so people who are not familiar with the topic will get a good understanding. But on the other hand, there is another source that I learned about which is called a specialized  academic source. This type of source is strictly written by experts who have studied a specific topic for a long time and have better knowledge on it. This kind of source it the type that I would like to use for the majority of my paper because it seems like I would get the most information out of it.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    I relate that I just used any source I could find. I now realize that this was not the right thing to do an probably weakened by argument.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 20, 2018 at 11:40 AM

    I was very similar in high school as well in the way that I chose my sources. For most of my time, I was unaware of all of the different types of sources, specifically for research papers. Now, I will use this knowledge to my advantage and utilize more academic sources.

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