Step 2: Locate/Find

Research typically involves using a variety of sources including:

• encyclopedias and dictionaries
• books
• videos
• articles from newspapers, magazines and journals
• statistical sources
• websites

To create the most effective and efficient searches, utilize the search strategies listed under Step 2: Locate Information.

Track all of the resources you find with the Resource Tracking Form:

Posted with permission of Elizabeth Housewright at Cal State Fullerton's Pollak Library.

A thorough look at the cycle of information exemplified by the reporting of the 2011 Tōhoku (Japan) earthquake and tsunami. Shared with permission from University of Washington Libraries, 12:29 length.