* Finding information from a variety of sources
* Investigating the "truth" - watching out for bias - esp in primary sources "truths" can be different
* Finding Information
* Intentional gathering of knowledge
* Finding reliable sources to find information about a topic
* Reliability and truth - Authorship is very important to consider - think about who wrote it and why
* Virtual collection of primary and secondary sources
* Many databases exist.
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* source that pertains to the subject, but isn't from that time period and is analyzing or evaluating the time period.
* source about something from a different perspective than from when the event was happening
* Examples: textbooks, journal articles, reviews, biographies, critique
