2. Why use the Hekman Library?  Efficient  Effective  High Quality

3. Where to start? Get background information Use a SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA!

4. Don’t stop here! Keep researching

5. Your topic is: Not current  Broad Historic  Origins and development of the hammered dulcimer  Fundamentals of Rastafarianism  History of the sport of rugby

6. Your topic is:  Current  Narrow  Specific  Damage Asian carp can do in Lake Michigan  Acroustica, a heavy metal band in Iraq and what it means to the youth there  Activities available in Grand Rapids during the winter

7. If your topic is broad: use the Library catalog

8. If your topic is specific: use the Research databases

9. What database do I use?

10. Good Research  Authoritative  Unbiased

11. Which do you choose and when? MAGAZINE SCHOLARLY JOURNAL Peer- reviewed ResearchedAcademicCurrentPopular

12. Interdisciplinary databases to try:  ABI/Inform  Academic Onefile  JSTOR  PsycINFO  Limit results to “peer-reviewed” or scholarly journals.