Doing Research

This guide is designed to help you do research. It will introduce you to the steps involved in the research process, direct you to Library resources and services, and provide links to Internet resources.

1. Define
Define your topic.

2. Background
Use reference sources to get backgropund information of your topic.

3. Search
Plan and do your search.

4. Evaluate
Evaluate the results of your search.

5. Get
Get the items identified in your search.

6. Write & Cite
Write your paper and prepare your bibliography.

March 23, 2009