What are some challenges you have faced in finding and working with sources, and how have you resolved them?

Answer 1

are they trustworthy? make sure site is respected, prefer academic sites or official organisation sites, eg. UN sites, they publish a lot of working papers on their sites and they are generally recognised.

what is their bias? look critically at the point of view they are making and their relationship to the subject. extract issues and discuss bias, it lends value to your work if you acknowledge that everyone writes through a lense. what are they trying to achieve? who is their intended audience? is it a white person writing about black issues? a rich person writing about the third world? what are the limitations of the author and therefore their analysis?

too many facts and figures? too much information? don't overuse it, pick a couple of figures and use them well, but don't skew them to fit your argument. if they don't fit your argument, discuss this and explore why? again, adds creedence to your research skills.

working with uman sources.. what are the ethics involved? do their opinions lend weight to your argument? do the anecdotes support your assumptions? are there things they can't or won't tell you? why?

lots to think about. just remember that every author has an agenda, learn how to pick their angles and find someone else who thinks differently to compare it to.

Answer 2

u hv to get going with the available resources mostly, if others are not so easily available...
try speaking to ppl superior to you in the subject. You might get a lead.