Choosing and Focusing a Research Topic or Project Introduction Identify Research Ideas Topic Strategies Develop Overview Overview Strategies Identify Keywords Organize Research & Write Topic Statement Topic Statement Narrow or Broaden Topic Identify Topic Size Narrowing Strategies Broadening Strategies Develop Thesis Thesis Steps Thesis Strategies Develop Questions End of Module Selecting Information Sources Introduction Relationships Analyze Questions Identify Information Needed Complex Questions Identify Sources Strategies Identify Access Tools Using Access Tools Use the Online Catalog Searching the Online Catalog Form Subdivisions Keyword Search Browse Subject Headings Subject Heading Search Use Print and Electronic Index Determime Need Identify Appropriate Indexes Identify Ways Using Subject Guides Using Online Catalogs Subject Searching Keyword Searching Catalogs Using Library Web sites Locate Selected Indexes Use Web Indexes, etc. Finding Relevant Sites Web Indexes Using Web Indexes Using Subject Pages Using Faculty Web Sites Search Engines Using Search Engines End of Module Developing Search Strategies Introduction Intro Cont. Intro Cont. Identify Key Concepts Analyze List Concepts List Key Terms Finding Keywords Concept Table Example Search Access Tools Print Access Tools Print Indexes Factors in Print Index Factors in Print Index Beginning a Print Search Search Terms Search Terms Cont. Search Terms Cont. Search Terms Cont. Search Scope Search Scope Cont Selecting Relevant Items Online Access Tools Factors affecting search Search Statements Narrowing Relationship Boolean AND Proximity Operators Broadening Relationship Boolean OR Truncation symbols Wildcards Exclusion Boolean NOT Search Statement Rules Putting it Together Different Search Strategies Analyze Results Items Retrieved Relevance Revise Search Too Many Results Other Strategies Review Articles Browse stacks Scan Bibliographies Related-record searching Other Online catalogs Catalogs at Other Libraries End of Module Retrieving Information Introduction Retrieving Full Text Materials Print & Save Web With Materials Print & Save Emailing Documents Locating Items From Citations Search Online Catalog Finding Materials Bibliographic Records Examples Location in Library Items Not Found Retrieve Items Finding Items Not In Location Unavailable Items Checked Out Items Items From Storage End of Module Evaluating Information Introduction Assessing Usefulness Assessing Reliability Authority Accuracy Accuracy Accuracy Objectivity Objectivity Objectivity Coverage Coverage Coverage Currency Currency Audience Audience Logical Fallacies Logical Fallacies Reputable Documentation Finding Indications of Reliability Books Finding Reliability Articles Periodical Articles Cont. Web Sites Websites Cont. Websites Cont. End of Module Using Information Appropriately Introduction Plagiarism Citing Sources Copyright Copyright continued		Supporting Modules Books Articles Encyclopedias Web Sites Biographies Dictionaries Handbooks & Manuals Atlases, Maps, Etc. Directories Statistical Resources Bibliographes Government Documents Citations Introduction Citations are Building Blocks parts Citation Formats Citation Styles Citation Context In-text Bibliographies Source Notes Information Source Book Article Chapter Web Site Electronic Index Bibliographic Records Records Help You Fields and Tags Table Different Look Examples Subject Headings vs. Keywords Introduction Subject Headings Keywords Using Subject Headings and Keywords Evaluating Websites Introduction Authority Questions Strategies Example Accuracy Questions Strategies Example Objectivity Questions Strategies Example Coverage Questions Strategies Example Currency Questions Strategies Example