Looking at information sources

You will need to consult a wide range of information sources. Informal sources include contact with peers, colleagues, other researchers, your Faculty Liaison Librarian, and your supervisor. Just as important as the network of informal contacts are the formal sources, including:

• books
• journals - scholarly, popular
• research papers
• theses
• world wide web
• bibliographies
• encyclopaedias
• handbooks
• maps
• newspapers
• government legislation
• standards
• statistics
• conference proceedings
• specific sources, such as ERIC documents (Education) and government documents

Remember:

• not all relevant material is published - you may need to seek interviews with individual authors and ask for access to unpublished documents.
• not all appropriate sources of information will be relevant all of the time.
• discipline specific sources need to be identified.
• informal and formal sources are both necessary.
  
  

  Further roots are now starting to grow from the seed.  They are healthy and the wider the range of sources the firmer the foundation.

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