Chapter 7Gathering Materials

Using Your Own Knowledge and

Experience Focus on topics you know something about

or are deeply interested in.

Touch of personal salience can go a long way

Library Research Librarians

Catalogues

Reference Works

Encyclopedias

Yearbooks

Quotation Books

Biographical Aids

Library Research Newspapers and Periodicals

Academic Databases

Searching the Internet

Search Engines

Specialized Research Resources

Virtual Libraries

Government Resources

Wikipedia

Searching the Internet

Evaluating Internet Documents

Authorship

Sponsorship

Recency

Interviewing Before the Interview

During the Interview

After the Interview

Research Tips Start Early

Preliminary Bibliography

Efficient Note taking

Think about materials as you research