Encourages students to find professors at their own university (UMBC) researching their same topic. Also shows how they can do their own original research (URA, URCAD, OUE)

1. UMBC Professors doing research

2.  http://research.umbc.edu/fast-facts/ states:
 UMBC is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as
a Research University with High Research Activity.
UMBC’s key research strengths comprise
Environmental Sciences – including atmospheric
physics, High-performance Computation –
including cybersecurity and big data, Life
Sciences – including marine biotechnology,
health sciences, and Public Policy and Social
Sciences.
 http://research.umbc.edu/umbc-research-news/?tag=ovpr-
news-2015 tells more of what our professors have
been doing recently

3.  Check with Departmental Pages or Research
Centers…
 http://research.umbc.edu/departmental-
centers/
 http://www.umbc.edu/academics/

4.  You may need to search or browse around –
just keep exploring.
 Sometimes you have to check on each faculty
member’s profile to see their research
interests

5.  Find faculty who are interested in your topic
 (Example – I’m interested in University Libraries
and how they use Technology and Facilities – so
I’d go to Education’s Faculty List
http://www.umbc.edu/education/faculty/faculty.
php
◦ I see most are focused on Elementary Ed, but a few have
an Instructional Technology focus
◦ I see Dr. Zane Berge has done a lot with Distance
Education, which connects to part of my topic, and the
profile summarizes his publications.
◦ Dr. Williams also has done a lot that may be useful for
me:
http://www.gregwilliams.net/GregWilliams/Presentation
s.html

6.  In the “Author” fields of your searches, now
put in those UMBC researcher names!
 (on the OneSearch box at the start, flip to
“Articles” tab, then choose “Advanced” and
you will have options to add the author name)

7.  Remember that YOU can be involved in
original research at UMBC!
 http://research.umbc.edu/undergraduate-
research-opportunities-and-resources/
 http://umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/my
MajorResearchOUE.php
 http://ur.umbc.edu/ura/

8.  And don’t force your research to fit your
thesis like the Procrustean Bed
 http://www.mythweb.com/today/today07.html