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Greetings, one and all. I am Joe, and this is a brief explanation of my research process of the subject of Science Fiction for my Wikipedia assignment. My search process wasn’t all that easy when I started. First, I had a hard time picking just one topic. I had a few on my mind, I have so many interests. Eventually, I settled on Science Fiction, the genre, it’s history, and the like. I decided this because it interested me, it interests a lot of people, and I thought it might be fun. Once that was done, which was sadly the day before this was due, I decided to go to the library to look up books on the subject. The only ones I could find weren’t about the genre, however, only a part of it. This, of course, was a problem. So I did what I had to do: I hit the net. I started with Wikipedia, as that was the point of the assignment in the first place, and found their general description of Science Fiction (also known as Sci-Fi), as well as another one involving definitions. I also decided it might be best to include information about two of the best-known early science fiction writers, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. After that, I tried Britannica and found a large, twelve-page article that went into a lot more detail about its origins. Then I tried a few of the other suggested sources. The Canadian Encyclopedia added some insight about Canadian Sci-fi authors. Basically, I wound up staring at my computer screen until my eyes hurt. Anyway, I definitely found enough to start with, and with the internet being such a wide source, who knows what else will pop up. The tricky part is separating what’s real with what isn’t. Well, sometimes it’s tricky. Of course, the more professional encyclopedia are more likely to have reliable information, since Wikipedia is open for anyone to edit. Of course, that’s why, when doing research, it’s always best to use multiple sources. Information is more easily verified that way. So that’s my research process so far. Hope I can get this up so you can see it.