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Got my research paper proposal back today. My professor wrote: "Excellent source selection. You've clearly mastered the research process. Where did you learn to do this?" I almost laughed out loud. Mastered the research process? Three weeks ago I didn't know what a database was. Two weeks ago a...

Okay this is going to sound so stupid to people who've known this forever, but I just figured out how to use the library database and I feel like I've discovered fire. 🔥 I'm a first-gen student. No one ever taught me this stuff. In high school, we just Googled everything and called it research...

This might sound stupid, but I genuinely don't know how to find academic sources. Like, at all. I'm a first-gen student. My parents never went to college. In high school, we just used Google for everything. Teachers didn't care where you got stuff as long as you cited it. Now I'm in university...