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Begin Research: Can Media Ever Be Used For Scholarly Research?

Can Media Ever Be Used For Scholarly Research?

There are lots of legitimate uses of media for research purposes. Each citation style has rules for how to cite different types of media.

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Regardless of the format you always want to include the bibliographic information that will allow others to find your sources.
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