Step One: For this assignment, you will need to focus on something specific related to music in the country you are working with. Start with a general source to get an overview of possible topics:
Step Two: Refine your topic idea, developing a research question:
Step Three: Now you need to determine the types of information that will help answer your research question, AND who would create that information.
Types
Creators/Authors
Step Four: Now you are ready to begin your search for information. The type of information, and the author, will impact where you look. Generally, these will be your paths:
We can use these sources to find scholarly information and performance interpretation:
In evaluating information the concept of Authority generally refers to the author's (or if not an individual author, the organization's) credibility, i.e. why are they qualified to create this particular information.
To help evaluate this:
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