Sources
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Television, radio, web
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Newspapers, TV, radio, web
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Popular and mass market magazines
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Trade magazines and scholarly journals
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Scholarly journals, books, conference proceedings
Reference sources such as encyclopedias
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Type of information |
General: who, what, where (usually not why) |
Varies, some articles include analysis, statistics, photographs, editorials, opinions |
Still in reporting stage, general, editorial, opinions, statistics, photographs
Usually no bibliography at this stage
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Research results, detailed and theoretical discussion
Bibliography available at this stage
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In-depth coverage of a topic, edited compilations of scholarly articles relating to a topic
General overview giving factual information
Bibliography available
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Audience |
General public |
General public |
General public to knowledgeable layperson |
Scholar, specialists, students
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General public to specialists
Scholars, students, laypersons
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Locating tools |
Web search tools, social networks |
Web search tools, newspaper and periodical databases |
Web search tools, newspaper and periodical databases |
General and subject-specific databases |
Library catalog, general and subject-specific databases
Library reference collection
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