This guide can help you:
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)
3. Specific "conversations" (library databases: journal articles)
4. Support your argument (source citation)
5. Drafts & revisions (research librarians & learning commons)
Research Assignment:
"Working alone or in pairs, you are required to conduct qualitative interviews as well as locate and/or generate and analyze quantitative data, and write a research paper selected from a list of research topics provided to you. Pieces of your project will be due throughout the semester. You are required to present the results in a poster session format to the class. Ideally, your final product will allow you to submit an abstract to SUSRC for consideration. (500 total points)"
I. Introduction and overview of your topic: (1-2 pages)
II. Literature review of roughly 10 articles to provide a foundation for your work (4-5 pages)
III. Methodologies: (5-6 pages)
IV. Reporting Findings
V. Data Analysis
VI. Conclusion
ProQuest RefWorks is a citation management tool. It helps you keep track of all your sources. There are many different ones out there, but RefWorks is the only one support by SU Libraries.
You can check out this guide for help or ask a librarian!