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Supporting Evidence and Errors

Things to Consider:

  • Are there references that can be checked to verify the accuracy of the information? 



Many documents contain footnotes or citations that can be used to confirm data or factual statements.
[example of footnote] [example of citation]
  • Are there any obvious errors or omissions in the information?



It is important when writing a paper not to have errors in your footnotes so that if someone were searching for these articles, they would be able to find them.
[journal article citation information] [erroneous article citation]
In this case, note that the year cited is incorrect.

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