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Ready, Set, Research: An Introduction to the Research Process

This guide introduces users to fundamental steps in the research process

Scaffolding Your Research for Deeper Understanding Level one: Web sites and other familiar, easy-to-understand starting places Generate research questions, refine your topic, identify search terms Caution: Websites vary wildly in quality and must be valuated thoroughly before including on bibliography Level two: Specialized encyclopedias and other substantive topic overviews Credible sources to answer basic research questions and generate additional questions Caution: Topic overviews lack adequate detail...you'll need more Level three: Newspapers and selected magazines Aimed at an educated, non-expert audience, these are great sources for current issues and events Caution: all magazines are appropriate for academic work and some assignments require scholarly sources Level four: Scholarly journals Studies, experiments, and systematic reviews produced by scholars for an expert audience. Caution: Journal articles are highly specific, specialized, & often challenging for the nonexpert.

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