UNIT 2

Starting Your Search

Putting the research process to work

Don't know where to begin? This unit will help kickstart your research with a ten-step strategy that works for just about any discipline.

In the first part of this unit you'll find instructions on a ten step research method. On the last pages of the unit, you'll see the strategy put to work in 3 examples.

 Directory 

1. Your Hunt Begins
   An introduction to the 10-step process

2. Formulate Your Question or Statement
   Step 1

3. Get Background Information
   Step 2

4. Focus Your Search Topic
   Step 3

5. Consider Your Resource Options
   Step 4

6. The Tools Available
   GALILEO, GIL, Internet, Printed Indexes

7. Select the Appropriate Tool
   Step 5

8. Use the Tool
   Step 6

9. Gather Your Materials
   Step 7

10. Evaluate Your Sources
    Step 8

11. Organize and Write
    Step 9

12. Compose Your Bibliography
    Step 10

13. A Good Example
    An essay on Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily"

14. A Speech About Animal Rights #1
    How NOT to do it

15. A Speech About Animal Rights #2
    The right way to do it