Congratulations on pursuing higher education! Academic research is exciting because you learn more about things that interest you, but: It can also be confusing. This guide can help by highlighting resources and strategies to use throughout your research, from brainstorming a topic and finding sources to citing those sources and writing your paper. Questions? Please don't hesitate to contact me, your personal librarian, via phone call, SMS or direct messaging, email, or video conference. I can be available morning or night, weekday or weekend, so: Let's talk soon.
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All research studies may be journal articles, but not all journal articles are research studies!
For your assignments in this course, you'll be evaluating a range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. That means: You'll need to locate (and read!) empirical papers. Empirical papers are also known as original research studies or (within the social sciences) primary sources. Within the natural and social sciences, empirical research involves collecting original data via a particular methodology, then sharing outcomes and implications. Keep in mind: Although all empirical papers are academic journal article, not all academic journal articles are empirical papers. Because academic journal databases don't have a built-in button to click that limits results to only empirical papers, you should:
How can you tell the database to search only for research studies? Conduct your search as usual (for more help on creating a database search query, visit Search Effectively), then, using a blank search bar:
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