To find background information on your topic, try Google or Wikipedia, or the Luria Library databases below. (From off campus, you will be prompted to log in with your Pipeline username and password).
Credo ReferenceThis link opens in a new windowContains the full text of over 1,000 encyclopedias, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, and other reference books covering all major subject areas. Thousands of Topics Pages provide articles from different reference sources, arranged by subject. Includes “gadgets” for finding images, definitions, people, pronunciations, quotations, and measurement conversations, as well as a concept map feature for help identifying keywords and broadening or narrowing a topic. Additional features include videos, maps, and animations.
Opposing Viewpoints in ContextThis link opens in a new windowAn excellent source of pro/con information, providing opinions and other information on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Includes continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
This tutorial covers how to choose a topic, how to explore it through strategic searching, and how to narrow it into a research question.
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Identifying Your Research Purpose and Writing a Research Question
This tutorial explores how to consider the purpose of your research in order to develop a useful research question.
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