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1) Scholarly literature about an event is available within two weeks of its occurence.
2) Choose the resources that has details about an event when it happened.
3) Choose the resource that has analysis of research about an event.
4) Choose the resource that would be considered a primary source.
5) The more specialized the research, the less time it takes to produce.
6) When starting to learn about a topic, what resource must you use to start your research?
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