The Research Process
- Research Question
- Make sure your question is specific enough
- What is your topic?
- What info do you need?
- Make sure your question is specific enough
- Explore Topic
- Use the information you gather to generate keywords
- Textbooks
- Lectures
- Books
- Use the information you gather to generate keywords
- Finding Resources
- Not finding enough sources? Try alternate keywords or go back to #1 & refine your topic
- Main Search
- Library databases
- Google Scholar
- References
- Not finding enough sources? Try alternate keywords or go back to #1 & refine your topic
- Read & Evaluate
- Are your sources providing quality evidence to support your exploration or argument? If not, return to #3
- Relevant to your topic?
- Trustworthy information?
- Are your sources providing quality evidence to support your exploration or argument? If not, return to #3
- Organize, Write & Cite
- Take notes on what you read and synthesize the information. One way to avoid plagiarism is to paraphrase based on your notes
- Citation guides
- Citation software
- Writing Centre
- Take notes on what you read and synthesize the information. One way to avoid plagiarism is to paraphrase based on your notes
- Share Your Work
- Sharing your work beyond a paper? Stop here for some tips and guidance
- Abstracts
- Publication
- Presentations
- Posters
- Sharing your work beyond a paper? Stop here for some tips and guidance
