Five Quick Steps to Research
1. What type of source do you need?
- Types of sources (scholarly, journal articles, books, credible, popular, primary)
- What are the differences between the sources? (information landscape)
2. What's your research question?
- Narrowing your topic
- Background research
- Choosing your search words
3. Where will you find sources?
- Based on your answers to questions 1 and 2
- Types of places
- Library Catalog
- Library Databases
- Google Scholar
- Google / AI / Web
4. How can you make searching as quick and easy as possible?
- Tips for Catalog
- Tips for Databases
- Tips for Google / AI searches
5. Have you cited your sources?
- Citation basics
- Citation guides