INST 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Personal Taste, Encyclopædia Britannica, Thesis Statement

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Infomation Studies
• Course: INST 250
• Professor: Anne Wade

Document Summary

Step 1: select a research topic: the first step is to select a topic or pose a question that is of interest to you and that requires in-depth investigation. Step 2: develop a preliminary thesis statement & informal outline: as you establish what you hope to accomplish in your research, you can provide a tentative answer to your question and jot down a working plan. Step 3: conduct literature search (library catalogue, databases, internet: conducting the literature search is the most extensive step. This is the process of seeking out the relevant literature on a topic. Step 4: create working bibliography (ongoing throughout step 3: compiling potentially relevant sources and developing your working bibliography occurs throughout the literature search. Step 5: read & evaluate sources (ongoing throughout step 3: deciding on the suitability of the information also occurs throughout the literature search and as you prepare the final product.