1. Chapter 7
Gathering Materials

2. Using Your Own Knowledge and Experience
Focus on topics you know something about or are deeply interested in.
Touch of personal salience can go a long way

3. Library Research Librarians Catalogues Reference Works Encyclopedias
Yearbooks
Quotation Books
Biographical Aids

4. Library Research
Newspapers and Periodicals
Academic Databases

5. Searching the Internet
Search Engines
Specialized Research Resources
Virtual Libraries
Government Resources
Wikipedia

6. Searching the Internet
Evaluating Internet Documents
Authorship
Sponsorship
Recency

7. Interviewing Before the Interview During the Interview
After the Interview

8. Research Tips Start Early Preliminary Bibliography
Efficient Note taking
Think about materials as you research