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Search Google for your topic keywords. Look for government, education, and/or organization webpages as well as news/magazine publications. Be cautious if using Wikipedia as the content cannot be verified.
Before using information found on a webpage, consider the following criteria to evaluate its credibility.
For further guidance, please refer to NOVA Libraries' How to...Evaluate Websites research guide.
As you evaluate resources, consider whether they are neutral in tone or biased. There are several resources you can consult to help you discern whether a resource is more liberal or conservative, such as the AllSides Media Bias Chart and Ad Fontes Media. Balance your arguments by using sources skewing left and right.
You might experiment using an artificial intelligence (AI) research assistant. Elicit, Perplexity, and Research Rabbit offer three different approaches to AI-based research with the possibility of limiting your search to published academic papers. You'll have to register (sign up), but they are free. Experiment!