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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    PDF
          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    PDF
          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     PDF
          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
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.

Citing Information
Citing Resources





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