10 Pieces of Advice
- take advantage of the school’s paid subscription databases
- wikipedia is great for background info
- but never use wikipedia as a source
- google scholar is very useful for determining how cited and scholarly an author is
- use boolean operators when searching
- learn how to vary your search terms and search fields
- take advantage of controlled vocabularies when searching
- be sure to do a little background research on authors to determine how reputable their work is
- when doing research projects, be sure to make concept maps to organize your info
- when doing research projects, use different types of sources and don’t forget to cite them
