In this task I chose a topic to find research sources on and was introduced to new ways of finding resources. I chose the question: "Discuss the role that Graphic Design can play during periods of political and/or social upheaval." The topic I am going to research when writing my essay is the use of propaganda during the cold war so I thought it would be useful to have a head start on sources.
The first resource tool that I was introduced to was the college library catalogue. There are two libraries available for me and the every book has been catalogued so I can easily search an author, title or a topic and it will give me its number and location. This is the best way to hunt for books on specific topics and I have already found a few books that will be useful.
A second resource tool is Google Books. This is a similar tool to the library catalogue and again I can search a topic or keywords and it will give me recommendations of books on that topic. It even has sections of the book that i can read on the website which is incredibly useful if i can't get myself to a library.
Websites are a useful source of information however due to the nature of contribution anyone can upload to the internet which often makes some sources conflicted. However there are many sites that belong to universities that hold academic sources. that I can use.
Much like non academic internet sources, sometimes books can be conflicted sources and the source could be bias depending on the opinion of the author. This is why it is very important to use more than one source and make my own informed decisions and statements.
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