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This guide should serve as a starting point for the research you do for your Information Technology and Computer Science courses. Use the tabs on the side of the guide to get started on finding background information, books, and articles.
Selecting a Topic
- Choose a topic that interests you
- Read through background information
- Write out your topic as a statement and select the main concepts
- Start making a list of words to describe your topic (try to come up with 3 or 4)
- Come up with synonyms for the list of words that describe your topic
Having trouble deciding what to write about? Try looking at the links below to get some ideas:
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowIEEE Xplore is an online delivery system providing full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
- ScienceDirect - All Subscribed Content This link opens in a new windowElsevier ScienceDirect is a leading scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 journals and almost 30,000 books.
- Springer Link This link opens in a new windowProviding corporate researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
Developing Keywords and Searching Databases
- Keyword ExerciseAn exercise for you to practice developing keywords and synonyms
- Choosing keywords exampleSome suggestions on how to get started with selecting keywords from a main topic.
- Library Search ActivityThis is the activity for class. It will provide practice on searching Primo and some databases.