Peace, Justice, & Human Rights Initiative

Research Question & Topic:

• Understand Your Assignment
• Research Checklist
• Possible Topics
• Choose a Topic
• Video Tutorial: Topic Development
• Narrowing Your Topic
• How to Choose Keywords
• Create a Concept Map for Keywords
• Creating a Search Strategy
• Library Do-It-Yourself (DIY): Navigate Library Resources

Use reference sources like encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks or even the internet to get a general overview of your topic. Use this information to help narrow and focus your research topic, and generate keywords.

Searching & Sources:

• Building Your Search
• Tutorials & Webcasts

What did you find? Use these to evaluate your sources:

• The CRAAP Test
• The CRAAP Song
• Website Evaluation Guide
• Owl Purdue Guide to Evaluating Information
• Website Evaluator

Writing & Citing:

• FAU: University Center for Excellence in Writing
• OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Citations Guide

What went right? What went wrong? Use reflection to keep improving as you move on to your next paper or project!