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You have been assigned a research project. Where do you begin?
Conducting research is not a process that is immediately intuitive -- most students have to learn how to conduct university-level research. The good news is that there is a methodological approach to conducting research at this level, and that this approach can be learned and then replicated across every course you take. Furthermore, learning how to research helps you understand how to judge the quality of the information you find, and helps get you more authoritative resources than Google or other free Web search engines typically offer.
The tabs to the left help you understand the research process, and understand how the timeline of when information is published affects its value in informing your own research. They offer assistance in developing a research topic or question, identifying search terms based upon that topic, and then direction in selecting search tools to use in conducting your research.
