Research Tips

• Work from the general to the specific--- find background information first, then use more specific and recent sources.
  
  
• Record what you find and where you found it--- write out a complete citation for each source you find; you may need it again later.  You can use a program like EndNote or the Zotero Firefox add-in to help with this.
  
  
• Translate your topic into the subject language of the databases and catalogs you use--- check your topic words against a thesaurus or subject heading list.