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The best way that I have found to get articles and sources for English 101 papers is to use the library's journal database. If you can get the search right, there is a wealth of different articles at your disposal. This is maybe not the best way to find articles, but searching the web can come up with good sources as well, you just have to be more careful. When using the library's database, pretty much any source that can be found will be a good source. The best sources that money can buy are the peer reviewed sources. This means that someone has gone through the journal article and reviewed it, and is a good way to determine the credibility of the author. As far as searching the web goes, you need to be much more careful. Typically the best articles will come off of an educational site, and then the author needs to be confirmed, in hopes that it will be a professor. If it was just a student paper, it might not be as credible of information as that from a professor that has spent months, maybe even years researching a certain topic. This makes web searches very tricky.

For me, I have become very reliant ont he internet for my sources. In high school, we didn't have to worry about peer reviewed sources, or really even the source at all as long as it was taking up space in our Works Cited page. This year, however, it has become much more intense as far as finding articles that apply directly to my papers. In order to improve this, I need to become more patient with library's database of articles, and take my time when running my searches. I can find everything I need there, as long as I take my time.