Important Research Concepts

Research and literature reviews are iterative processes of formulating searches, discovering sources, and refining your questions. There are a few important concepts we have to keep in mind:

Scholarly Literature

• Consider the content, purpose, author, audience.
• Popular, Scholarly, and Trade Articles - three minute video tutorial on understanding the differences between literature sources.
• conference proceeding, white papers, standards docs
• Who writes scholarly literature?

Peer Review

• Peer Review in Three Minutes - video tutorial.
• Who does peer review?

Citation

• Citing Sources - library guide about citation styles.
• “The best quality research builds on other high-quality research.” (Evaluating Sources for Credibility)
• Who cites?