Research Tips

Post one question about doing research that you would like answered in today’s library session.

OR

Post a tip for other Writing 122 students about doing research.

1. Since the last library session, what is one thing you have learned about doing research?
2. What is one question you would like answered about doing research?
3. Which search strategy listed on the board do you still have questions about?

Please share one tip with other Writing 121 students about doing research.

Please post a research tip for other Writing 121 students.

Please post a research tip for other Writing 121 students at LCC.

You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were talking to another student and you would like them to be able to use this idea right away. For example, don’t just write “subject searching is helpful” but explain why it can help you find relevant articles.

With a partner or on your own, describe one search strategy that you are familiar with or that you learned in the session today either to narrow or broaden a search.

In twenty words or more, explain the search strategy to someone who’s unfamiliar with it. First, explain if the strategy is used to find more articles (broaden your search) or find fewer articles (narrow your search).

To develop your explanation, you might describe the concept, provide examples, compare it to something else, explain how it works – or all of these things.

Here are some possible search strategies you could explain: 

• Boolean Searching: AND, OR, NOT
• Subject Searching
• Keyword Searching
• Truncation or Wildcards: school*
• Phrase Searching: “school violence”
• Limiting your search: full-text or peer-reviewed articles