The document provides guidance on researching a topic. It recommends generating a list of potential topics and keywords related to the chosen topic. The guidance then outlines sources to search such as books, journals, and the internet using keywords. It stresses the importance of gathering reliable and connected information and citing sources properly to give credit to the original authors.

1. HOW-TO GUIDE
RESEARCHING
By: Alysha Fojtik

2. PICKING A TOPIC
 You want to make a list of several ideas of what you
want to write about.
 Pick the best one for you. Don’t pick the one you
don’t know nothing about.
 The topic needs to be able to be research.

3. AFTER TOPIC HAS BEEN PICKED…
 Create a other list of keywords that relate to your
topic.
 This step broaden your research and will help you
out finding the information needed.
 Keyword, context clues…

4. STARTING YOUR RESEARCH
 Pick from your keywords that best fit for you .
 Using those will get you started then just typing or
trying to find your topic.
 Your topic wont just pop up in a book.

5. BOOKS, CATALOGS, JOURNALS
 Books mostly have reliable information that will help
you.
 With the list of keyword, go to the index and find the
information wanted.
 Be careful on journals, some have opinions and the
author says what he or she feel that is right.

6. INTERNET USAGE
 Most commonly used today.
 You might want to use more than one search
engine.
 Google is commonly used today.
 You want to try and find out as much as you can.
 BE CAREFUL, SOME WEBSITE ARE NOT VERY
RELIABLE!! ( Ex. Wikipedia)

7. INFORMATION COLLECTED.
 Gather all the information that you have collected.
 Have too little , you might have to do more
searching
 Have more than a lot, make sure its connected
some how and its not just a bunch of different
information.
 The information you have decided to keep , CITE
YOUR INFORMATION!!

8. CITING DATA COLLECTED
 By doing this, it gives the author the credit for doing
the work.
 It is also respecting the work that they did. Not just
stealing it for them.
 MLA Format, use Easybib.com

9. READY,SET,GO.
 You should now be ready to start your research
paper!