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The Internet
Popular and Scholarly Sources
Primary and Secondary Sources
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The Basics

Introduction

The information world can be viewed from many different, overlapping points-of-view. For example, common concepts like fiction and non-fiction, speech and writing, or broadcasting and print divide information into broad categories that can be helpful in understanding, evaluating, and organizing it. We start by looking at 3 of these points-of-view as a context for doing research.

Objectives

  • Basic understanding of the Internet
  • Distinguish scholarly from popular communication
  • Distinguish primary from secondary information sources

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