Explore Your Topic
Spend several minutes exploring your topic using Google, Wikipedia, or the library reference databases linked below.
To access the databases, use the “Connect to Resource” button and login with your UD credentials (just like email) if prompted.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Articles from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books. Covers all major academic areas. An excellent place to start when learning the basics of any topic. Will help focus your topic, find keywords and people, and discover more in-depth books and articles. Images, audio and video files are included.
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive reporting and analysis on “hot topics” in the news. Each single-themed report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist, footnoted and professionally fact checked. (Coverage: 1923 --)
Scan a few articles.
- List important or new vocabulary related to your topic.
- List people or groups impacted by your topic.
- What is something new or unexpected you discovered about your topic?
- What do you still want to find out? Make a list of questions (large or small) that you’d like to address through your research.
Use this WORKSHEET to record your work (opens as a personal copy of a Google doc)