When researching, it is very important to consider the content of your information, and make sure the sources you use are reliable, on topic, and unbiased. In doing this, you must consider what type of resource you are using. Is it a book, a newspaper, a website, or a magazine? Whatever it may be, the information in each of these is different, due to how quickly it was published after the topic you are researching. If you want same day info, you may reference the TV, radio, or Internet headlines. If you want information the next day, you may look to a newspaper. If you want to use information that has been analyzed and gives a somewhat "historical" perspective, you may wait years, and reference books and films. New sources are constantly added as time goes on.
It is also very important to consider the differences in the library versus the internet. The main thing to focus on here is quantity versus quality. Withing library, scholarly resources, you will get a smaller amount of quality information, whereas, with the World Wide Web, you will recieve tons of information that may or may not be reliable! You must keep in mind, that information pulled from the virtual MSU library online would not be considered part of the "quantity" information. Through this, you can pull scholarly journals which have been peer reviewed! This is a great way to conduct research for college papers.
The following website is a popular example of information that may be considered "quantity", and one that may be laughed upon if used in scholarly research!
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