This Guide Can Help You:
This guide can help you:
Form an approach to initiating the reserach assignment.
Explore background information on your project. What do you need to know?
Identify differences betwen primary and secondary sources.
Explore SU Library's information resources.
Gather information for an assignment.
Organize and format your annotated bibliography.
Research as Process
Sometimes, a structured approach to research can help to organize ideas and the way you think about information sources:
1. Explore topic basics (casual web searching)
2. Depth & Breadth (library catalog -> books for background information)
3. Specific "arguments" (library databases -> journal articles)
4. Support your hypothesis (source citation)
5. Drafts & revisions (research librarians & your professor)
