Chapter 5 Response

It has been a long time since I've written a research paper. So long, in fact, that I don't think I've ever written a real research paper. The last time I wrote one must have been in 8th or 9th grade when the concept of research papers was first being introduced to us. The research papers I wrote then were probably terribly done and had about two sources, tops. I've been taught how to do research over and over again, but I haven't had to use my knowledge on the subject very much. Chapter 5 gave the typical overview of how to do research and what sources are good, which ones are bad. I have heard this information a lot before, most recently on our field trip to Strozier. The chapter spent a lot of time discussing Wikipedia which was interesting because it said Wiki is not a good source. I guess the authors of this textbook realized that students are most likely going to use Wikipedia as a source no matter how many times we are told not to, so they tried to give us some tips on how to evaulate the information and use it well. I personally have never used sites like Jstor for researching because they seem like more trouble than they are worth. I use google scholar a lot but that can be frusturating as most of the articles that show up are ones you have to purchase. I am glad the library gives us the resources to access so much information. I like to think I have a good handle on researching. I was on the debate team for a few years in high  school so I had to get very good at researching for that. I guess this upcoming project will be a test of whether or not I am as good at researching as I think I am.