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* for the beginning you can look at [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] or do simple Google search - you will get texts of very different quality. You can use them for basic orientation only - please do not cite those with doubtful quality!
* for the beginning you can look at [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] or do simple Google search - you will get texts of very different quality. You can use them for basic orientation only - please do not cite those with doubtful quality!
* for your academic writing you may prefer [http://scholar.google.cz/ Google Scholar]
* for your academic writing you may prefer [http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar] to find reliable resources
* you might find out what offers your university library - some of the resources may be available online for you, e.g. from [http://www.isiknowledge.com/ ISI Web of Knowledge] or [http://www.jstor.org/ JSTOR] or some other scientific database. Here you can find reviewed journals.
** This is not the only possibility, you can use any other search engine, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_databases_and_search_engines List of academic databases and search engines]!
** Every library has its own information retrieval system (Charles University students can use "[http://knihovna.jinonice.cuni.cz/KSV-193.html Central Search Tool]"
** Your university library offers some of the resources online, e.g. from [http://www.isiknowledge.com/ ISI Web of Knowledge] or [http://www.jstor.org/ JSTOR] or some other scientific database. Here you can find reviewed journals.
 
=== Managemenet of citations ===
* Use Zotero for management of your citations with [http://www.zotero.org/ Zotero] (helps you save the citation in required format)
** There are many other available softwares, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software List of reference management software]!
 
===Quality assessment===
===Quality assessment===
Would be very important at the certain stage. Sites about techniques of quality assessment (and not how to use them):
...of your resources would be very important at the certain stage. Sites about techniques of quality assessment (and not how to use them):


* Use Internet Detective online.<ref> 2007-04-10. WWW: < http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html ></ref>.You can try several quizzes to prove that your skills in evaluating sources have been already developed.
* How to evaluate sources http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/researchroom/evaluate/
* How to evaluate sources http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/researchroom/evaluate/
* Evaluating Information Found on the Internet http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
* Evaluating Information Found on the Internet http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/index.html
* Evaluating Online Sources: A Tutorial by Roger Munger http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm/content/cat_030/evaluatingsources/1_home.html
* Evaluating Online Sources: A Tutorial by Roger Munger http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm/content/cat_030/evaluatingsources/1_home.html
* Internet Detective online. 2007-04-10. WWW: < http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html >.You can try several quizzes to prove that your skills in evaluating sources have been already developed.


==Technique of writing literature review==
==Technique of writing literature review==
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* [http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/annotated.html The process of writing annotated bibliography]
* [http://www.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/annotated.html The process of writing annotated bibliography]
* [http://core.ecu.edu/engl/snyderh/1200/how2annbib.html Examples]
* [http://core.ecu.edu/engl/snyderh/1200/how2annbib.html Examples]
 
==Annotated bibliography==
Write [[annotation]] to every valuable resource you are going to use in your writing. You can use it in the text later on.
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
*Research and Documenting Sources http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
*Research and Documenting Sources http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
== References ==
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