Writing research paper

Initiaing a research assignment

Apprehension & uncertainty

Selecting a topic

Exploring information

Formulating a focus

Collecting information

Preparing to present

Assessing the press

Subtopic

Functionality

search

browse

Type of materials

OPAC

search by author

search by subject

search by title

Databases

lsit by vendor

lsit by subject

list by index (abstract only or full text)

list by type of information (scholarly or not)