The purpose of this guide is to introduce basic concepts that are worth knowing as you begin your journey as an academic writer, and seeing how those ideas come into play when it comes to selecting, evaluating, and using sources in a research paper, and how the resources of VWU's H.C. Hofheimer II Library (both the building and the website [aka A Magic Key That You Paid For]) can enable you to perform college-level research and access a universe of information.