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How to start your research

Ayiana Crabtree

Created on July 25, 2023

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How to Start Your Research

Contextualizing, Synthesizing, Communicating

Finding and Evaluating

Accessing

Planning

  • Planning your research timeline
  • Understanding your assignment
  • brainstorming ideas
  • Narrowing down big ideas
  • Picking a topic is research
  • Databases for background information
  • Brainstorming search terms
  • Subject-specific databases
  • Citation mining
  • Scanning an article
  • Evaluating sources
  • Finding diverse sources
  • Scholarly conversations
  • Synthesizing information into your paper
  • Plagiarism and citations
  • Integrating citations
  • Writing help
  • Technology alternatives for presentations
  • Reading call numbers
  • Interlibrary loan
  • Course reserves
  • Circulation policies
  • Putting a book on hold
  • Self-checkout
  • Off-campus access
  • Paid vs open materials
  • Open-source tools