Purpose: This online workshop shows how to select a research topic and develop a plan for gathering the information you need to complete your project. It features a discussion of different types of information sources, both print and electronic, describing their suitability for different kinds of research projects. It explains how to interpret citations and use interlibrary loan to obtain needed items not in our library.

Objectives: When you have successfully completed this OWL, you will be able to:

• Select good research topics
• Describe the ways in which different types of information sources would or would not be useful for different research needs
• Describe effective research strategies for different projects
• Understand how to interpret citations to different types of information
• Understand how to use bibliographies in books and articles for research

Contents:

• Choose a Topic
• Map Your Concepts
• Make Your Plan
• Do You Need More Information?

Exercises

Quiz

Handouts:

• Help with Writing Assignments
• Interlibrary Loan
• Interpreting Citations
• Selected List of Subject Encyclopedias in the HSU Library

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