Ep 7 Student Led Study Hacks - Uncover the Truth - Study Skills - Get Started
From Anne-Marie Langford
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From Anne-Marie Langford
Starting off with your topic, ask yourself the following:
What are you researching? Do you understand the question being asked? How do you interpret the task? What information do you need? Then move to the planning phase and plan your search by asking yourself, what are your criteria? Give yourself a list of key words to use and develop your search strategy so you understand what you are searching for and how those key words fit into the topic. you need to choose search tools, such as the library, NELSON, google scholar or contact the academic librarian for information of databases specific to your discipline. Explore and read the information widely, abstracts are really good places to start, reading those first will help you save time. Search filters are also your friend, so you can edit out any information that isn’t relevant.
Finally, the evaluating stage asks you to consider your information. Who> What> Where> When? And how is this relevant to your topic? How can you use this information? Are there any permissions that you need to ask for? Or is it free to use? Make notes, organise, and bookmark and save your results. Keep a running record for your referencing, this will definitely come in handy later on. Happy Research!
Don't forget answers to more questions. Links to show notes, resources and more are all available on the skills Sub. Simply type Skills Hub Northampton into Google, and away you go!