How to
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• Research topic
• Search concept
• Search statement
• Search materials
• relevance
• Locate items
• Use References
• Evaluate Sources
• Cite Sources
• Search strategy

How to do research for an assignment

Not sure about how to proceed when you have to do research for an assignment?

Let us take you through the process, using a hypothetical case of an assignment on

Discuss who should take care of the elderly : the family or the government?

1. Think about your topic

2. Form a search statement using the keywords for your topic

3. Search for books in LINC using Simple search

4. Search for articles, statistics or other materials

5. Search for newspaper articles (for current topics) on LexisNexis Academic or Factiva

6. Read and analyse what you have retrieved

7. Write up your assignment with your references properly cited