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Beginning Research
The introductory guides below may overlap as each guide can be used individually
on its own or use in sequence depending on the background experience of the user.
Click on the PDF link for the guide.
Please join an information literacy class to get research guides specific to your subject needs. Details of these classes can be obtained from the Reference librarian.
Collating Information
► Beginning Research
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Preliminary Advice
Research Defined
Major Types of Research
The Basic Steps of Research
The Research Topic
Preliminary Information Search & Locating Sources
Evaluating Resources
CRAAP Evaluation
Taking Notes
Writing the Paper: Outline, First to Final Draft
A Model Outline
► Developing the Research Topic
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The Broad Topic
Narrowing the Topic
Focusing the Research Topic
Forming the Main Title
Characteristics of an effective Research Title
The Subtitle
Identifying Keywords
Form Search Strategies
Additional Tips
Finding Information
► Searching Online Book Catalogues, Databases and Search Engines
Search Techniques: Boolean, Proximity, Truncation, Wildcard
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Subject vs Keyword Search
PDF
Field & Phrase Searching
PDF
Evaluating Information
► Evaluate Resources
Evaluate Print Books & Ebooks
PDF
Evaluate Articles from Databases
PDF
Evaluate Websites
PDF
Managing Information
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Zotero
Zotero is a citation manager designed to store, manage, and cite
bibliographic references, such as books and articles.
It can be downloaded as a browser extension to Firefox, Chrome,
and Safari. You can also download Zotero Standalone to your desktop.
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