Academic sources
According to the assignment you must have at least four academic sources (books, scholarly journal articles). In addition to these, you can use various sources of other information such as media, newspapers, websites, radio, and television interviews. Be sure to cite every source you use.
- What is a scholarly article?This PDF provides simple ways to identify a scholarly article and how to search for them.
- What is peer review?This page defines peer review and explains how to search for peer reviewed articles. Most scholarly articles are peer reviewed.
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Set up your library accounts
You will probably need to request books and articles from other libraries. Creating your accounts now will make your research go smoothly.
- Article RequestMyILL is the library's interlibrary loan system. Use this when the library does not have the articles you need. Articles typically arrive 3-7 business days later, sometimes faster.
- How-to Guide for Creating Your MyILL Account
- Book RequestCreate an account to request books from the 76 other universities we share with in the I-Share catalog. Your barcode is your IIT ID number (A200...).
- How-to Guide for Creating Your I-Share Account
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