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Beginning the Research Process

Beginning the Research Process. Presented by: Joyce Garczynski TSEM 102. Overview. By the end of this session, you should be able to: Identify the steps in the research process Define your research topic Locate relevant background information Locate relevant books

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Beginning the Research Process

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  1. Beginning the Research Process Presented by: Joyce Garczynski TSEM 102

  2. Overview • By the end of this session, you should be able to: • Identify the steps in the research process • Define your research topic • Locate relevant background information • Locate relevant books • Cite your background information and books in APA style Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/redlinx/

  3. The Research Process

  4. Define Your Topic • What are “the rules” of the assignment? • What to cover? • How to cover? • Challenges of a group assignment Source: Towson University Image Gallery

  5. Background Research • You can do better than Wikipedia! • Library Subject-Specific Encyclopedia • Sage Knowledge (social sciences) • Gale Virtual Reference Library (sciences, humanities) • What to look for: • Do I need to narrow/broaden my topic? • What are some key words that I should use in my search?

  6. Finding Books • What are books anyway? • Finding books using Cook OneSearch (aka the books tab of the big yellow search box)

  7. Finding Books (Continued) • Narrow results • Format • Location • Subject • Evaluate results • How to find a book in the Stacks at TU • How to request a book from another USM School

  8. APA Citation • Why do we cite? • APA Style • 2 pieces to APA • In-text • Reference List • Print Books • E-Books Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dan4th/

  9. Practice • Find an article in a subject specific encyclopedia or a book on your topic • Go to: http://tinyurl.com/n3popaa • Locate your group’s topic on the page • Under your topic, cite your source as you would in an APA formatted reference list

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