The Research Process
Research is a process. That means you will be spending time honing your research question, looking for sources to gain background information on your topic, refining your research question as you learn more, searching for additional sources to help answer your questions, reading the sources you find, looking for connections between sources to develop your key points/arguments, writing your paper, and then citing your sources. Remember, you want to find the best, highest quality research to support your ideas, so give yourself a lot of time to do your research and feel free to contact me if you need research assistance!
Be sure you know what each assignment requires. Your assignment will include terms like find "primary sources," "scholarly sources," "peer-reviewed articles," "empirical research," etc. If you are unsure what is expected, talk to your faculty member.
