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Research Toolkit
Welcome! This toolkit is designed to help you focus on a questioning approach to research. Each section links to activities and resources that will help you build your research skills. Click on a section below to get started. Define Topic – Select a topic. List what you know about your topic – who, what, when, where, why, and how. What would you like to find out about your topic? Devise Strategy – List as many synonyms and related key words as possible. Use the list of words to create multiple combinations with the word AND Search Sources – Use your search strategy to locate more in-depth information in books, find information on specific aspects of your topic in periodical articles Evaluate Sources – Scholarly v. popular articles Write and Cite – Annotated bibliography, APA citations, and evaluation of the process Permission granted: Celita DeArmond, San Antonio College Library
