Writing an Argumentative Research Paper
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- What is an Argumentative Research Essay?
- Choosing a Topic
- How to Write a Thesis Statement Libguide
- Structure & Outline
Types of Sources
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- Copyright, Plagiarism, and Fair Use
When conducting research you may come across many different types of sources and each source falls under a specific category. There are three main categories of sources which include Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.
Primary source is a firsthand account of information by an individual with close connections to a topic. Ex: autobiographies, personal correspondences like diaries, government documents, documentaries, archives, works of art and literature, statistical data, and newspaper articles written by reporters close to the source.
Secondary Source is a source that is not involved or close to the event, usually written after the event has happened. Secondary sources describe, analyze, interpret, comment, and summarize a primary source. Ex: biographies, interpretation of statistics and data, book reviews, scholarly articles that talk about someone else's research, and anything written after an historical event that reevaluates what happened.
Tertiary sources contain information that is used to locate or find primary or secondary sources. Ex: almanacs, timelines, dictionaries and encyclopedias, directories, guidebooks, indexes, abstracts, manuals, and textbooks.
The following databases can be accessed through Galileo:
Academic Search Complete
Ancestry Library Edition
Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest)
Business Market Research Collection (ProQuest)
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest)
Environment Complete
History Reference Center
Salem Health and Salem History Database
Bepress Digital Commons
THE DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
Taylor & Francis Group’s open access journals
Oxford University Press (OUP) open access journals
ScienceOpen
Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) Repository
BioMed Central
The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC)
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
News & Newspapers (ProQuest)
Newspaper Source Plus
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest Newspapers)
New York Times (ProQuest Newspapers)
Census Data (U.S. Census Bureau)
Georgia Census Data
The Center for Statistical Research and Methodology: Census Bureau
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) is a principal statistical agency located within the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its mandate is the collection, interpretation, analysis, and dissemination of objective data on the science and engineering enterprise.
National Center for Health Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is your source of accurate and objective data about the nation's economy.
Education Resources Information Center
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
CIA World Factbook
Veterans Affairs: VA.gov Home
USCIS: Home
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA
Research and Publications | EDUCAUSE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Web search tools:
Google Scholar
WorldWideScience
Science.gov
Virtual Learning Resources Center (VLRC)
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Lexis Web
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