It might or might not work. How do you know you get to the right set of arguments and documents that way? If you are not an expert in the field, how do you sele

It might or might not work. How do you know you get to the right set of arguments and documents that way? If you are not an expert in the field, how do you select who is a "reputable historian", for example? How do you know that you correctly understand the language and terms used in a paper not in an area of your expertise?