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Summary: Learn how to find sources for your paper in this free video on how to write a college paper. Whether it's for your thesis, an essay, or a story, you can learn how to write at a higher educational level.

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Kari Wethington Kari Wethington is a journalist based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kari’s experience includes reporting, editing, online journalism and video production. She is a 200... read more

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by ItalianBoy

The problem I have: "3. Be well rounded" The prob

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The problem I have: "3. Be well rounded" The problem is- At my university- we are asked to create a STRONG arguement. I affiliate STRONG with attacking another viewpoint, and arguing that "I AM RIGHT." When bringing all sides of the topic, you have all points of view, opposing eachother. This takes away your ability to pic a SIDE, and thus makes your arguement WEAK and "FENCE-SITTING. " By being "WELL ROUNDED," and COMPERMISING, how can you make a STRONG, ATTACK & DEFENSE ARGUEMENT? ( I would appreciate a qualified answering, understanding my problem)

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How to Find Sources for a College Paper

I'm Kari Wethington for expertvillage.com. Today we are going over how to write a college paper. After you have your topic narrowed down and feeling really good about it, it's time to start getting some sources. You are going to want to start out with the library. A reference library can help you find those sources or at least start looking in the right place for those sources. Especially college libraries can be a little scary cause there are so many options but if you just started at the basic level and maybe a bibliography can help you find some good research materials. You're going to want to get more resources more than what you think you need especially in the beginning the more if you get a big stack of books, a big stack of articles. You can start browsing through them or over the general ideas and you will be able to tell are they worthy in your piece or not. That way when you do find the pieces that you are going to use that you know that they are excellent sources and your professor would be impress that you took the time to narrow down that list of resources. So always think more resources as oppose to fewer but don't be afraid to not use something if it just doesn't fit with what you are going for. You also want to make sure that you are well rounded. Don't just have one focus one point of view, you want to have both sides so that again very well rounded.

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