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Finding Your Evidence

Stillman Wagstaff
Jesse Gant

Now that you have successfully identified your research question, you need to find the places where your early answers might exist.

This page will guide you through the process of imagining the kinds of evidence that may exist and finding the sources that do exist. Short of answering your respective research questions, we hope that this page helps you think creatively about ways to go about your research.

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Having asked a question you want to answer, you will begin to see how the relationship between questions and sources allows each to shape the other. Through this page, you will discover that your research questions and your documents are actually mutually composed.

Imagining Your Ideal Source
Discovering the Available ‘Real’ Sources
After the Evidence: Re-working Your Research Question
Primary and Secondary Sources
Seven Basic Types of Documents
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