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2. Exploring Your Topic

This tutorial illustrates the importance of exploration before thesis formation, provides some easy ways to explore, and points out some things about Wikipedia that many people do not know.

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  • 1. Exploring to learn more about your topic
    • 1. Why explore?
    • 2. Reference sources
    • 3. Wikipedia Overview
    • 4. Why use Wikipedia?
    • 5. Wikipedia - History pages
  • 2. Exploring to find the conversation
    • 1. Wikipedia - Discussion Pages
    • 2. Wikipedia - Discussion Page Badges
    • 3. Wikipedia - Citations
    • 4. Wikipedia - Policies
    • 5. Wikipedia - Related Sources

Subpages (2): 1. Exploring to learn more about your topic 2. Exploring to find the conversation
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