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WBIS 188 -- Manley
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3 Research Steps to a Successful Paper
- Explore and pick a topic
- Learn the basics of your topic: Who, what, when, where, why. You should be able to talk for a minute, without repeating yourself, on your possible topic.
TIP: When you participate in research or scholarship, you are entering into an ongoing conversation;
you have to listen or read about that conversation before find an interesting, relevant question. Many
try to skip this step and end frustrated. You wouldn't want to go up to two strangers on the street
and join their conversation before you knew what they were talking about.
3. Find an interesting question--not too easy, not too fuzzy, not too many parts, not too impossible.
Should require analysis and .
Background- Reference Resources (Summaries of facts, definitions, histories, statistics, and other types of
information on large subject areas,organized for quick lookup.)
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale's Virtual Reference Library is a collection of electronic reference books in the areas of history, arts,
medicine, and science.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The premier online resource covering all sides of contemporary social issues.
CQ Researcher explores important issues ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
Provides access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content including science encyclopedias, reference books, and periodicals.
You can search the catalog and limit your items to reference entries. On the left, select 'Refine My Entries', then select 'more options', then select 'Reference Entries.'
Popular V.S. Scholarly -- Using the features discussed on your library worksheet, is your article a popular or scholarly item? Be prepared to share two
reasons why.