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Research Tips
- When doing research for an assignment, first think about what your topic or thesis is.
- Next, brainstorm your topic. Think about the buzz words or keywords of your topic?
- Make a list.
- Start general with general terms.
- Then narrow down to more specific keywords.
- Don't type in whole sentences; stick to relevant keywords.
- Use the Boolean Operators with your keywords to include the results you want and filter out what you don't want.
- When you find a good article, hunt down clues to others resources:
- Check the footnotes/endnotes of the article.
- Check the Bibliography of the article for more articles.
- Begin with reading more general articles on your topic, then more specific ones related to your thesis.
- You will find articles to support the different aspects of your essay and thesis.
- Lastly, there are always librarians ready to help you.
