Tracking Down Sources
One of Abraham Lincoln’s famous quotations is “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” This excellent advice from our sixteenth president helpfully introduces our topic, which is tracking down sources. As Honest Abe, would tell us, when you find an interesting quotation or bit of information, you need to confirm it, trace it back to its origin, see if it’s true.
When you are doing research on the Bible, for instance, a research paper, one of the tasks that you have to do is track down sources. You need to see the evidence for yourself. Let’s say you have a question about what…
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