Research as a Process
Welcome! Did you know...Research starts with an idea!
- Explore your idea by diving into background information to learn more.
- Does anything specific stand out?
- This smaller topic becomes your focus or research question. Once you have this focus, you are ready brainstorm related ideas and keywords!
- These keywords will guide you in finding resources for an assignment. Once you’ve found sources, you’ll read them and evaluate them: are they helpful? What other information do you need?
Research isn’t a straight line. Research is more like a circle or web where you move back and forth in the process.
This guide will walk you through the research process at your own pace. Each page has text and a video that cover the same content so you can choose how you want to learn. There are also two worksheets that help you actually get started on your research project.
