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PORT: Penn Online Research Tutorial
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PORT -Contents
Introduction
Working with topics
Types of Information
Sources of Information
Locating Information
Evaluating Information
Documentation
Help
Evaluating information
Use criteria such as credibility, accuracy,
relevance, and currency to evaluate the
information you locate.
Documentation
Document your research using standard
scholarly methods and styles.
Help
Contact a librarian for further assistance.
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Introduction
The University of Pennsylvania is committed to giving its students a well-rounded education.
As the mission statement of the College of Arts and Sciences emphasizes, the goal of the
University of Pennsylvania "is to help students to become knowledgeable about the world and
the complexities of today's society, aware of moral, ethical, and social issues, prepared to
exercise intellectual leadership, and enlivened by the use of their minds." Developing critical
and analytical skills by engaging in serious research activities is a primary means of achieving
this mission.
Whatever types of research you engage in, you will need to use scholarly resources. At the
Penn Libraries you have access to millions of books, articles, and other materials. Making
effective use of these resources can be a challenge! You need a clear idea of the question you
are asking, the information required to address it, and how to locate, evaluate and use that
information. Indeed, these needs make the research process appear an impenetrable
labyrinth.
Contents
Working with topics
The first step: Develop a research question
that is appropriate for your assignment -
interesting and neither too broad nor too
narrow.
Types of information
Determine which types of information
(primary or secondary resources, scholarly
or popular, etc.) are relevant to answering
your question.
Sources of information
Identify the information resources that are
most likely to have the types of information
that you need: would you be best served by
using books, scholarly articles, magazines,
newspapers, the Web, or something else?
Locating Information
Locate the information you need by using
the Library's navigational tools.
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