A Systematic Approach To The Research Process Six Slides: 7 Download presentation A Systematic Approach To The Research Process Six Steps to Better Research Identify your topic and gather background information Put your topic in the form of a question. Use encyclopedias and textbooks to gather background information before you start. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11 | 2 Use the library catalog to find BOOKS Campus library catalog Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11 | 3 Use Indexes and databases to find Periodical Articles • • Scholarly Journals Substantive News/ General Interest Periodicals • Popular Periodicals Info. Trac. One. File Lexis Nexis Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11 | 4 Find Internet Sources Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11 | 5 Evaluate Your Sources Authority Accuracy Perspective or objectivity Currency of the information Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11 | 6 Properly Cite Your Sources Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) Follow the format chosen exactly as shown Zull, James. The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2002. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11 | 7 Systematic approach to researchCoverdale systematic approach stepsA logical systematic procedure for solving a problemNetwork resilience a systematic approachSystematic nameSystematic approach to trainingSystematic review research proposalMarketing research is the systematic design ____ of data.