Selecting Sources

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

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
Books
Popular articles about new movies or social trends
magazines
Magazines
Current information about a speech yesterday by the head of Ford Motor Company
newspaper
Newspapers or Web
Scholarly articles about the Chinese economy or the human genome
journal
Journals
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