CONTENTS: Introduction Clearly define your topic Collect/find information Evaluate the information you find Use and/or do something with the information Use the information ethically and legally Printer friendly version BACK TO: Tutorials home page

The Research Process

2. Collect/find information

• How much information will you need? That will depend on the reason you need the information. If you are writing a paper, what size does your paper need to be? Do you want a lot of in depth information, or just a little background information?
• What kind of information do you need? What level, scholarly or popular? How current does it need to be? How thorough do you need the information to be? etc.
• Plan your search strategy. Learn the subject terminology and try to have a general idea of what keywords are associated with your topic.

          

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