Comments on: #Tutorial: Conducting Research for Your Report

By: Hassan Alamir

Hassan Alamir — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 20:48:43 +0000

Thank you Paul for sharing this site https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ .
it really help me.

By: KC Cowan

KC Cowan — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 03:10:39 +0000

I agree with Tom completely. Google Scholar is such a strong source of credible articles, and I really enjoy the ease of usability. I conducted many independent study research projects in high school and Google Scholar was my best friend. It helped me find sources that closely addressed my research topics, and since you can set a range of allowable years, I was able to find articles and books that were applicable to modern advancements.

By: Paul Stiles

Paul Stiles — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 00:08:02 +0000

My favorite place to find research is using https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ This site it perfect for finding research on biological, medical, and chemical subjects. Another great source of information (that I would currently use if I was in Blacksburg) is Virginia Tech’s Summon. Although Virginia Tech has digitized and removed most of its books from Newman, I feel that the best way to do research is to find a book’s location via Summon and do the actual research with the hard copy in hand. This may not always be possible but I try to take advantage of the Physical copy whenever I can.

By: Tom Conroy

Tom Conroy — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 21:22:54 +0000

Google Scholar is a great tool for finding scholarly articles on any topic. This was shown in the Lynda video, and I cannot recommend it enough for finding secondary sources. This is going to be my primary method of finding secondary sources. As for primary sources, interviewing people in the field and finding examples of the writing genre online are the ways I recommend doing research.