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Once I decided on a topic and narrowed it down even further with a thesis, I had to then begin the hardest part, actually\u00a0researching<\/span>. Much like Liw Ekdab, subject of “The Great Research Disaster”, I\u00a0immediately began my background research\u00a0at none other than the infamous Wikipedia<\/a>.Yes, I am aware of the fact that any user can\u00a0change the information of any page, but\u00a0this also means that the website is an accumulation of global knowledge. Besides, I never rely on Wikipedia for specific dates, numbers, or time periods, but rather to gain adequate background knowledge about a certain event\/person. Using\u00a0Wikipedia, I was able to jot down key events or people<\/span> that I could further research using more reliable resources<\/span>.<\/p>\n Unlike Liw, I used the college’s library database<\/strong> as a way to find books, simply because I thought it would be the fastest way to find a reliable resource that was available for checkout, as opposed to “googling” books, which would have simply given me an endless list of books that although may have pertained to my subject, might not have actually been available in the library.<\/p>\n I did however use Google<\/strong> Scholar<\/strong>, as I usually do. As a college student, I find that it’s an extremely convenient source of information as most of the articles published are reliable and packed with information, and it requires no checking out as many of the articles are available online for free.\u00a0Many times, especially if I encounter an article that’s longer than ten pages, I’ll do exactly what Liw did, and simply read the abstract to see if it gives me the answers I\u00a0want. If not, I can always read further into the source.<\/p>\n Though I may employ similar researching methods to those of Liw, I would never go as far as making up a quote or guessing the source. 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