Online Research Guide

Table of Contents

So You Have a Research Project — Where Do You Start?
Meet the Librarian
Selecting a Research Topic
Topics That Are Too Broad
Topics That Are Too Narrow
Developing a Research Question
Developing Interesting Research Questions
Check Out Your Topic Before You're Locked In
Planning Your Research
Using Your Research Journal

Keywords and Controlled Vocabulary
Journal? Trade Publication? Magazine? What Do You Have?
The Reference Collection

Illinet the Online Catalog
Any Word Anywhere Searching

Subject Searching in Illinet
"There's Nothing in the Catalog on My Topic"
I-Share — the Joys of a Joint Catalog

Electronic Resources Guide

Searching the Internet
Search Engines

Metasearch Engines
Directories
Searching the Invisible Web
Searching Tips and Techniques

Evaluating Internet Sources
Citing Sources
Turnitin.com

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Created by Ruth Burridge Lindemann, 2002. ©Danville Area Community College, 2002-2006.
Updated 11/21/06