These pages will discuss how to discover and brainstorm your topic.
What is brainstorming?
Finding a Topic: Controversial Issues
Finding a Topic: Newspaper Articles
Finding a Topic: Exploring Background Information
Forming a Research Question
These pages will help you decide which research tools are best for you, and give you pointers on finding articles creating useful searches in our scholarly databases.
What types of tools does the library have?
Where do I find books?
What is a database?
Building Searches: Keywords
Building Searches: Synonyms
Building Searches: Subject Terms
Building Searches: Boolean Searching
Building Searches: Limiting Your Results
These pages will give you pointers on how to determine if the articles you find are useful for your purposes.
Scan the Citation
Read the abstract
Read the full text
How to get the full text
A summary of what you have learned, and how to get more in depth research tips.