A 5-minute tutorial on how to find reliable sources for your assignments.
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Locating Reliable Academic Sources
While all search systems differ, there are some similarities you can typically rely on being present in some capacity. Using these filters, limiters, and functions effectively can lead you to create more focused and effective searches.
advanced search
date limiter
source type limiter
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citation (not 100%, ALWAYS correct against your manual or Purdue OWL)
Academic Search Elite, an EBSCO database, is a general academic index that indexes almost 3,000 magazines and journals from every academic discipline and provides the full-text of more than 1,200.
