Part of the scientific research process is the need for students to check the literature for evidence supporting their own research, to see what others have already done in the same field of study and to get ideas for new things that they may be considering as an extension of their original research goal.
The problem that students may face while attempting to complete original research is the inability to complete this essential phase of the research process.
- Search the internet for published papers
within either a field of study relevant to your class' research
topic or some simulated research goal and write a bibliography
of these papers.
- List the parts of a research paper and give
their definitions.
- Keep a list of vocabulary words and phrases
that you learned while reading the professional papers.
- Write a synopsis of one of the research papers
you have found.
- Rate the relevance of the paper you have read to your research topic
- University
of Arizona Research Instruction Online - learn how to do
internet researches, how to evaluate websites for information,
how to write research papers, and more.
- Step Zero: What to do before Searching - explains how you should go about narrowing your
search topics to more relevant material before you waste any
time on the internet.
- Specialized Search Engines and Directories - lists the different search engines you have at
your disposal based on the type of search you need to perform
or the stuff you need to find.
- Seven Steps Toward Better Searching - My plump starfish quickly lowered Lincoln's tie.
Don't ask, just check the site to learn how to learn how to search
the internet.