“Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not... We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.”
Dictionaries and encyclopedias explore a subject's key issues and terminology. Always look at the bibliography at the end of the encyclopedia entry for a list of valuable academic resources for more research on the subject.
The sources cited in the research paper should only included secondary sources—meaning books, articles, and essays—that make a critical claim with researched evidence.
Journal articles are a great and necessary way to explore and interact with current critical conversations in any given field of research