1. Get Started with Research
Librarian Alison

2. Develop a Research Strategy Know Some Resources to Use
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this workshop you should be able to:
Develop a Research Strategy
Know Some Resources to Use

3. What is research?

4. Research Purposes: Investigating to establish facts
Investigate the unknown

5. Research Paper vs. Report
Reports just give existing facts, no analysis.
Research papers analyze a specific aspect of a topic.
In a research paper you come up with your own conclusions about a topic based on your research.

6. How do you begin a research paper?

7. Narrowing/Broadening a Topic
What do we need to do to narrow or broaden a topic?
How do we narrow our topic?

8. Narrowing Your Topic: The ABCs
Broad topic: Media
Possible Subtopic: Violence, sex, unrealistic images of women, how race is portrayed (in the media)
Narrowed topic: Unrealistic images of women in the media

9. Do You Want to Narrow Your Topic Even More? Then ask these questions:
Who (is involved)?
Where (is the problem/topic happening)?
Why (is it happening)?
What (are the major viewpoints)?
How (can the problem be solved)?

10. Underline the keywords: Unrealistic images of women in the media

11. Create a list of synonyms from your main keywords:
Unrealistic Images:
Women:
Media:
Body image
Girls
Television
Retouched
Females
movies
Celebrities
Teenagers
magazines
Weight
Adolescents
commercials
Models
advertising

12. Suggested Databases
Gale Virtual Reference: Find background information on a topic from subject encyclopedias
CQ Researcher: Access investigative reports on current social issues
Opposing Viewpoints: locate articles representing various sides of major social issues

13. Develop a Research Strategy Know Some Library Resources to Use
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this workshop you should be able to:
Develop a Research Strategy
Know Some Library Resources to Use