Effective researching techniques to find what you're looking for
The Research Process
1. Choose a topic and undertake some background reading
2. Create a preliminary research question
3. Create an action plan for the research writing process
4. Set deadlines for your action plan, be realistic
5. Conduct the research for your research and keep track of ALL of your data
6. Determine HOW and WHY you plan on using the information you collected; analyze research
7. Draw conclusions about your research question and the information researched
8. Write the draft of your assessment
9. Evaluate the sources of the data you intend to use both implicitly and explicitly
10. Update and re-write your research question accordingly
11. Conduct more research
12. Edit your draft for final submission
13. Complete the 'bibliography/works cited'
2. Create a preliminary research question
3. Create an action plan for the research writing process
4. Set deadlines for your action plan, be realistic
5. Conduct the research for your research and keep track of ALL of your data
6. Determine HOW and WHY you plan on using the information you collected; analyze research
7. Draw conclusions about your research question and the information researched
8. Write the draft of your assessment
9. Evaluate the sources of the data you intend to use both implicitly and explicitly
10. Update and re-write your research question accordingly
11. Conduct more research
12. Edit your draft for final submission
13. Complete the 'bibliography/works cited'
Do you know about the ASW Library Database?
There is more to research other than google and wikipedia. We have a large collection of wonderful books and magazines for all ages as well as a wealth of online e-resources and research databases. The library hosts many events throughout the year such as author visits, storytellers, family reading night, book challenges, book clubs, and more.
Do you know about EBSCO host?
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Do you know about JSTOR?
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EBSCOhost is an intuitive online research platform used by thousands of institutions and millions of users worldwide. With quality databases and search features, EBSCOhost helps researchers of all kinds find the information they need fast.
EBSCO only contains articles from credible and venerable sources, many of which are not available elsewhere. This means that when you run a search on EBSCO, you can rest assured that the information you find is more accurate, current, and reliable than what you would find via a Web search. ASW login: Username: s3934601 Password: AS@2021 |
JSTOR” stands for “Journal Storage" and is an electronic archive of leading journals across many academic disciplines. It provides text-searchable, high-quality .pdf facsimiles of each journal article from a publication's inception up to the past 3-5 years. JSTOR’s mission is to preserve and offer user-friendly access to scholarship at a cost reasonable to libraries. It s different from other journal platforms in that it is a not-for-profit initiative undertaken by academic institutions working collaboratively to provide high quality digital versions of standard scholarly journals collected by most libraries. Moreover, JSTOR has a preservation goal to house the content of these journals in digital form over the long term with perpetual access.
ASW login: Username: aswlibrary Password: research |
Are you using Google to its full potential?
Do you know about Google Scholar?
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.
Do you know about Google Books?
Google Books is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition, and stored in its digital database. Book Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Books or on Google.com. When we find a book with content that contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results.
Do you know how to use Google 'operators'?
Use quotations (" ") to search for the exact phrase: If you search for Patrick Stewart young, you will get results that have all those words, but not necessarily in the order you search. By adding quotations and searching "Patrick Stewart young," you will get only results that include all those words in that order.
Add a tilde (~) in front of a word to find synonyms: For when you want to search for a specific word and any synonyms for that word. If you search for iPhone ~cheap, you will also get results for "iPhone inexpensive," and so forth.
Exclude terms with a minus (-) symbol: Use the minus symbol to exclude all the terms you don't want, e.g. best apps -android for results that omit roundups of top Android apps.
Insert two periods (..) between numbers to search for a range: If you want to narrow results to a date or price range, use two periods in between the numbers. You could be looking for a computer within a certain price range, so you could search computer $500..$900 to only get results that fit into that range.
Find one result or the other with OR: If you're looking for results that are about one topic or another, but nothing else, use the OR modifier to get more accurate results. For example, searching apple microsoft will surface results relating to either term, but searching "apple OR microsoft" provides you with separate links about Apple and Microsoft.
Add site: to search a single website: If you want results from one specific website, use site: followed directly by the site URL you wish to use. You must include the site's domain, e.g. Google Photos tips site:pcmag.com, and not Google Photos tips site:pcmag.
Search File Types: If you're looking for a specific kind of file on the internet, use filetype: to search only for uploaded files that match your query. For example, use filetype:pdf to find a PDF or filetype:doc to locate a Microsoft Office document. You can find a comprehensive list of searchable file types here.
Search Related Websites: Search for similar websites by using the related: qualifier to show related results. Searching related:amazon.com brings up results including Walmart and Overstock. Searching related:google.com shows Yahoo and Bing.
Add a tilde (~) in front of a word to find synonyms: For when you want to search for a specific word and any synonyms for that word. If you search for iPhone ~cheap, you will also get results for "iPhone inexpensive," and so forth.
Exclude terms with a minus (-) symbol: Use the minus symbol to exclude all the terms you don't want, e.g. best apps -android for results that omit roundups of top Android apps.
Insert two periods (..) between numbers to search for a range: If you want to narrow results to a date or price range, use two periods in between the numbers. You could be looking for a computer within a certain price range, so you could search computer $500..$900 to only get results that fit into that range.
Find one result or the other with OR: If you're looking for results that are about one topic or another, but nothing else, use the OR modifier to get more accurate results. For example, searching apple microsoft will surface results relating to either term, but searching "apple OR microsoft" provides you with separate links about Apple and Microsoft.
Add site: to search a single website: If you want results from one specific website, use site: followed directly by the site URL you wish to use. You must include the site's domain, e.g. Google Photos tips site:pcmag.com, and not Google Photos tips site:pcmag.
Search File Types: If you're looking for a specific kind of file on the internet, use filetype: to search only for uploaded files that match your query. For example, use filetype:pdf to find a PDF or filetype:doc to locate a Microsoft Office document. You can find a comprehensive list of searchable file types here.
Search Related Websites: Search for similar websites by using the related: qualifier to show related results. Searching related:amazon.com brings up results including Walmart and Overstock. Searching related:google.com shows Yahoo and Bing.