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Use this in whole or in part to guide you in creating a great research project.
Start Your Research
What is here?
1. Choose and Refine a Topic
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Develop a Research Question
Identify Keywords
Find Background Information
Refine your Topic
2. Find Sources
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Find Books & E-Books
Find Articles
Understand Search Strategies
3. Evaluate Sources
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Databases vs. Internet Search Engines
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
Scholarly vs. Popular
4. Academic Honesty: MLA, APA & Chicago
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Citations
What is here?
This guide will lead you through the general research process
Use the pages linked to the left and below to jump in
Step 1.
Choose & Refine a Topic
Develop Research Questions
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Identify Keywords
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Find Background Info
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Refine a Topic
Step 2.
Find Sources
Find Books & E-Books
|
Find Articles
|
Search Strategies
Step 3.
Evaluate Sources
CRAAP
Test
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Databases vs. Internet
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Primary vs. Secondary Sources
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Popular vs. Scholarly
Step 4.
Academic Honesty
Plagiarism
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MLA Style
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APA Style
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Chicago Style
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