Essay About Effective Search And Computer Databases

Research and Citing
Research and Citing
Research and Citing
ENG115
By April Bazemore
Prof. Mendelsohn
April 16, 2008
When you begin to do research there are several things you can do to form your paper, to start you have
choose a topic this can be accomplished brainstorming, you could look at and consider situations in your
own life, go over the various ideas you have with family, friends or classmates. Next you could review your
assignment to see what you can gather from it that would help you figure out a direction by focusing on key
words, such as how long should it be, do you need references, and what are the terms. Its hard to get started if you
dont know much about your topic. Do some general readings from various sources that are subject-specific
on the topic you choose, to get a brief overview.
There are several other ways to gather information the thing is knowing how to access this information
and to conduct an effective search, which would increase your chances of finding solid information on any topic
you are searching, this is also where the online libraries and the Cybrary (CTU Online 2008) work for me, it has
allowed me the time needed to conduct research with several avenues to choose from such as card catalogs,
computer databases, articles, books etc. and most of the info given is from credible sources or will point you in a
direction to obtain credible sources.
Using web search engines is another ways of doing research you could find information about a given
subject,