Lecture - Research Skills

Things to do to help me with my dissertation research:

• Download the comprehensive referencing guide from eStudio.
• Sort out SCONUL Access to access libraries for Uni of Leeds, Leeds Beckett, Uni of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam.
• Search Google using Google Scholar to get more academic sources.
• The university library can get any book on loan from the British Library.
• Contradictory research is good, because it gives you a talking point.
• If using questionnaires, run I pilot study first to make sure you're getting relevant information from the respondents.
• Infotrac and JStor contain a database of journals, which makes sourcing journals easier than it would otherwise be.

Pointers for a good essay question:

• Make sure it's focussed on a particular topic, it will make all your research relevant to the essay.
• Avoid the word 'and'.
• Try and relate it to your previous work to give yourself a foundation of knowledge on the subject.