English 130-Levine: Getting Started with Your Research

Research databases will save you time because they can do the following:

1. Limit by:

• Type of Material; Primary Source, Scholarly/Academic and/or Peer-Reviewed, News or Trade Publication articles.
• Date
• Full Text

2. Preview summaries of articles.

3. Collect articles in a folder.

4. Email or Print pages or articles - or all articles that are saved in your folder.

5. Cite sources in MLA, APA and Chicago citation styles.

• Step 1: Write your main TOPIC or SUBJECT in the center circle.
• Step 2: Connect the related issues in surrounding circles.
• Step 3: Provide detailed examples from information sources you locate during your research process to support your related issues. 

REMEMBER to consider:

• Demographic or population = Ex. men, women, LGBTQ or children, adults, elderly?
• Geography = Ex. Poland, Germany, United States?
• Timeframe = Past, Present or Future?