This Guide Will Help You To......
Form an approach to research your topic:
Identify the use of information sources based on the type of information (i.e. books for background / journal articles for scholarly conversations)
Understand how to properly use keywords from a research question or statement to search.
Distinguish differences between popular and scholarly articles.
Explore the library's information resources.
Library Research: Colombia & the United States
Usually taking a structured approach when researching can help you to organize your ideas and improve the way you think about using information sources:
Step #1. Explore the basics about your research topic (casual web searching)
Step #2. Learn specific background information about your research topic (library catalog: books)
Step #3. Read current / specific information about your research topic (library databases: scholarly communications via journal articles)
Step #4. Support your research hypothesis with backing information (source citation)
by Olivia Wyman