Research Help

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• Browse topics and find background information
  • Scholarly encyclopedias (online and print, free to the KPU community)
  • CREDO Reference - access up to 800 scholarly encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks in all subjects
  • Canadian Points of View Reference database - overview essays, current and controversial topics
• Find definitions: Oxford English Dictionary and other Library dictionaries
• Explore current or controversial topics:
  • Canadian Points of View Reference database
  • Library’s Opposing Viewpoints book series
  • Debatabase website
  • The Conversation (Canada Edition)

• Develop a Research Question: Creating Research Questions slides by Bill Badke, TRU

• Browse our Subject Guides to find specific search tips and recommended sources for your course assignment.

Activity:

Tutorial:  Finding Keywords from Research questions http://williambadke.com/KeywordsfromResearchQuestions.pptx 

• Analyze your topic for key concepts to use as search terms (keywords).
• Identify synonyms for your terms, related terms and spelling variations (e.g. marihuana, marijuana, cannabis )
• Use the Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT to combine your keywords and to retrieve more relevant results.
• Focus on key concepts. Don't do a search using a question or a phrase. 

Example: The impact of sea level rise due to climate change on human rights of people living in coastal areas in Asia

Your turn:  Labeling policy for genetically modified foods in Canada should be mandatory.  Which terms are key concepts, and which one should not be used when searching in databases?

Activity:

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