Good research requires the use of multiple sources.
Using more than one source lets you check your facts for accuracy. It also lets you develop the most complete picture of your subject possible by integrating information from all your sources.
Good research also required the use of credible sources.
Credible sources have been proofread and fact checked and edited. Books, encyclopedia articles, and magazine articles, whether in print or in online databases, fall into this category.
Finding credible sources on the web requires the researcher to check things like relevancy, appropriateness, detail, currency, authority and bias.
"And ever since I can recollect, my father, seeing me so fond of it, has often said to me, "If you were to be very persevering and were to work hard, you might some day come to live in it." Charles Dickens in the Uncommercial Traveller, Ch. 7
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Researching Dickens and the VictoriansA. Using encyclopedias --
B. Using OPAC --
E. Citing your sources -- EasyBib
Need a review of EasyBib skills?
Click on the links below to watch a video. Adding an encyclopedia article to an EasyBib project
Adding a book to an EasyBib project Adding a database article to an EasyBib project Adding the Charles Dickens handouts (below) to an EasyBib project Adding websites to an EasyBib project Managing and exporting your EasyBib Works Cited The completed Works Cited page for these entries is at bottom of dark blue section. C. Using databases -- EbscoHost, SIRS Discoverer, SIRS Researcher, and GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
D. Exploring and evaluating websites --
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Great sources to start your search
Begin with OPAC. Login so that you can access ebooks. The titles on this list are available on the Dickens cart.
The video below is more than on video. It's a playlist. Click on the icon in the upper right to see all 26 titles.
A Diigo list of Dickens odds and ends
This list includes articles and webistes that you might like to explore. Some are modern articles about things that concerned Dickens (debtor's prison, for instance). Some are articles from credible sources that expand on possible topics (TB and fashion, for instance). Some are just interesting but perhaps not very useful.