Update your research approach
Taking a basic research approach early on may help you to start exploring facts, opinions/arguments/questions, and the relevancy and quality of sources that you discover. Each draft is an opportunity to review and sometimes replace the sources from which you draw support/evidence.
1. Reference - facts, biographical (tertiary sources: literary encyclopedias, almanacs, [auto] biographies, etc)
2. Older, established overviews of history and theory (library catalog: books)
3. Specific scholarly "conversations" (library databases: journal articles)
4. Citing evidence (source citation: MLA 8, RefWorks)
5. Drafts & revisions (lots of support: research librarians & learning commons)
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Asking questions and following those questions "where it takes you" happens early on the the research process.
- As you read articles on your topic, you are learning the scholarly conversations taking place.
- All of this is to gain a better understanding of a problem or issue.
- Sources in these articles are cited, or, organized so that researchers can easily find them to read further. Analogy.
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