Help with library terminology!
What is the difference between a book vs journals, newspapers or magazines?
What is a journal?
What is a database?
What is Library Search?
It is tricky to decide on a proper research question. Here you will find a how-to guide and useful tools on exploring potential research questions. I highly recommend you use the guide before coming to the library session.
Step One Evaluate how much you know about the topic and start some test searches to explore the topic
You may use any of the following tools to investigate your potential topic, looking for background information, related issues, and good summaries.
Step Two Read the overview to gain a good understanding of the scope of the topic, which are the subtopics or related topics, key issues, different opinions, key figures, places and so on. When reading, put down the keywords or terms that you think may be useful for your future search. Even better, making a concept map will help you to clearly understand the relationship.
Step Three Try to select one or two more articles to read for collecting backgrounding information. List additional keywords.
Step Four Draft a research question and bring it with your list of keywords to the library research session.
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