Chapter 9:
Chapter 9 provides a quick informative on searching for information with print resources. It explains how to search your library's stacks for sources and what to use, like interlibrary loan, periodicals and books. And in case a book is unavailable for check out, it covers a few ways you might be able to use it without taking it out of the library. If you can't find much in those areas then there is always source digging. You can find useful sources from bibliographies, government, pamphlet and citation indexes. These can help you find information depending on what you need. Government indexes for example will list documents that were published by federal, state and local governments. And when you want to dig deeper into publications that are similar in information, you can use the citation indexes to help. If you become stuck on a topic and having trouble finding new information, encyclopedias can sometimes help by giving you just enough information to start your search again.
Even though it can be a bit painful to backtrack sources, I've found it more useful to use bibliographies when searching for more information to expand in detail if the sources are relative until you reach the end of the sources, or basically the start of the topic. And then I highlight what thoughts and ideas differ from each source and could be useful in my project so I don't end up repeating myself to much.
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