Question(s) | Identify | Find | Evaluate | Create and Share
Please remember: librarians are always happy to help you select and locate the best resources. Are you a faculty member looking for resources to plan library sessions?
Question: What question(s) do you want to address in your research?
Choose a research topic: how to define a manageable topic
Find background sources on your topic
Worksheet: Forming a research question
Identify promising search terms and resources
Find books at Grinnell [YouTube videos on searching: BASIC and ADVANCED]
Find items at libraries beyond Grinnell
Pick the right database for my topic
Find statistics and data sets (step-by-step guide)
Find statistics and data sets (subject guide)
Use library subject guides to identify tools for exploring my topic
Find useful sources
Create a keyword search to use in databases or the catalog
Get full text of articles
Track down a citation I've found
Worksheet: Research log (Word document)
Evaluate sources through close, critical examination
Evaluate what I find Is this source scholarly or popular? Reading Lab
Create and Share your work so others may learn
Get organized: track the sources I've found
Annotated Bibliographies: guidelines from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Information Ethics and Copyright
Digital Grinnell Repository: shares scholarly and creative work created at the College with the larger community.
Venues for Presenting Research: consider submitting your research or MAP project to a conference or for publication.
Who are Hannah and David and why do I see blue bubbles everywhere?
Hannah Haines and David Dibble are two Grinnellians trying to make sense of the research process and excel in their classes, while holding down work-study jobs and participating in a bazillion student groups. We'll be eavesdropping on them as they work through the research process--shhh, don't tell!
