Introduction to Research

Objective: submit a first draft of a research question.

Set up for success

Pre-Research

Research Question:

Research Steps

• Pre-Research (develop research question, gather background knowledge, identify what you need to know).
• Identify all possible sources of needed information...develop a search strategy (write down where these resources are located and how you can access them, ie from home, books at school, public library, etc.)

Steps Continued...

• Locate Sources (use NoodleTools to house all your resources, notes, works cited information).
• Read and pull information from your sources, use NoodleTools, Google Docs to manage your notes.
• Use the information
• Sythesize (write that paper!)
• Evaluate (how did you do? Don't go by just the grade!)

Databases:
where everything starts to come together

Identifying Potential Resources

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