How many Internet sources may appear in a bibliography?
This is a very difficult question. Each student should strive to create a well-balanced bibliography that includes many different types of media. Each Internet source must be evaluated by the student as either a primary source or secondary source. Its importance is identified in the annotated bibliography. What data was found in the Internet source and what role that data played in developing the History Day topic will alert the judges to the source’s relevance. Be able to defend the selection of primary source data. Primary sources accessed through the National Archives, the Library of Congress, presidential libraries, etc., are invaluable as primary and secondary sources. Secondary sources on the Internet also provide a substantial amount of background material in the research process. Each student should make a sincere attempt to include a wide variety of primary sources in his/her bibliography.
