10 Pieces of Advice to Freshman about Research
- Google is your best friend.
- Academic Search Complete is your second best friend.
- Don’t plagiarize, but if you do do it well.
- If you get sources make sure its from reliable people.
- Field searching, its pretty good.
- “Ands” and “Ors” are very important
- When you dont know if you should cite something, cite it anyway
- Journals will normally be the best type of source you can get
- Use controlled vocabulary.
- If you want to use an old essay, it better be damn good.
