by Library Lin | May 13, 2021 | Research
Once you’ve got a large pile of information together, organizing notes is the next step. At this point, you’ve done your exploratory research, made lists of keywords and questions to guide your search, collected your sources, and started taking notes. ... 
by Library Lin | May 12, 2021 | Research
If you’ve been following my research method for general nonfiction writers, you have already completed the exploratory phase, found your keywords and formulated some questions, and collected your sources. Now it’s time to get to the heart of research: taking notes... 
by Library Lin | May 11, 2021 | Research
If you’ve been reading my research series posts in order, you have already done a fair amount of exploratory work on your topic. You’ve identified keywords and phrases. You also have a list of potential questions about the topic to answer. You’ll continue to refine... 
by Library Lin | May 10, 2021 | Research
If you’re doing extensive research for an article, book, or just for fun, there are techniques that can make the process easier. The first step was to look at the general overview information on your topic. I explained how in the Exploratory Phase post. In this... 
by Library Lin | May 6, 2021 | Research
In this post, we’ll get started with exploring research sources to help you begin idea-gathering. If you read my overview on the research process, you’ve got a notebook or app for recording random thoughts and sources you come across. In it, you’ve already... 
by Library Lin | May 6, 2021 | Research
Information on performing research is sprinkled all over the web. Most of this advice is written for students who are assigned papers, employees who are asked to do research at work, or scholars who are writing for formal contributions to their field of study. But...