Your first bibliography: from question to source

A guide to keywords, evaluating sources and recording bibliographic details.

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Write your research question in one sentence. Choose several Polish and English keywords and synonyms. Record your searches so you can reproduce them and explain how you selected the literature.

Check authorship, date, method and relevance. Record the title, author, year, publisher or journal, and DOI or source address. Separate your notes from quotations and follow the citation style required for the course.

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