3.  Formulate in one sentence your Research Question (this may change but is a place to begin)*(see 2 above).  ______________________________________________________________________________________________
 

6.   Search online & print Periodical Indexes for magazines, academic journals & newspapers.  Even though there is a wide range between Popular Magazines (limited in length & depth, sometimes promoting a specific view, & commercial in nature) and Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals (research-oriented, reviewed by professionals in the field, having  greater depth & breadth, non-commercial), most follow basic print standards, letting you know cost, publisher, pub schedule, whom to contact, (& sometimes the mission or credentials of the author) which are not always available in web sources. Although there is a wide range of depth, audience, authority and bias, most periodicals indexed in standard sources (such as those below) are reasonably reliable.   (see #9)

General Periodical Indexes (many w/full text):	Specific indexes: (many w/ full text):
	BusinessSourcePremier * EBSCOhost Company/Indus Profiles, Mkt Res Repts: Bus, Econ
AcademicSearchPremier *EBSCOhost  widest general academic (screenshot: ASP)	CINAHL * Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health EbscoHost Health /medicine
	eHRAF World * World Cultures Anthropology
ProquestNews *Fulltext News articles (StarTrib, WSJ, NYT, LATimes, WashPost, many smaller newspapers)	ERIC Education Index K12-Acad >> Advanced >>Search lower left. some fulltext >>Thesaurus (for search terms)
	Art Index HWWilson Ebscohost* ARt Journals, Magazines, Images
GALE/Cengage Ed Reference *	JSTOR Academic journals in Music *(includes Soc Sci, Math Hist)
* Remote/Off-campus access: Login w/ barcode on back of your Lib/ID card / pw= your last name.	Psyc Journals * Proquest Journals in Social Sciences / Psychology

Include the complete citation for the article  (MLA).  ___________________________________________________________________  


7.  To support your argument, use the online library catalog MnPALS (screenshot) to find circulating books & other library resources on your topic. (You may need to try related terms or use truncation (*)  for words which may appear in multiple forms:  (teen* for teenage, teenager, teenagers) (screenshot: MnPALS). 
Location & citation____________________________________________________
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--Cambridge Campus Electronic books (screenshot) * >>URL   Questions?  Ask the Librarian!
 

 8.  Brochures & Documents too small to catalog individually are sometimes found in the Vertical File, but often now are published directly on the web. (websites often less than a page in length) Find a brochure in print or online from an organization you recognize as being academically responsible which might relate to your topic.
Citation (& url if online)_____________________________________________________

9.  Using Google or your favorite search engine, find a website on your topic. Since almost all search engines are supported by advertising, most do little to evaluate for quality & reliability. None search much more than 15% of the internet.

Domain can tell you a lot about the quality of the information.  If you are not being asked to pay for a .com (a commercial site), consider who is willing to pay for you to read it. .edu:  Is this a recognized academic institution or a K-12 source? .org:  Does the organization have a reputation for a specific agenda or responsible bias-free information?  Do you recognize it? .gov:  Information made available from tax-supported state & federal agencies (your tax $$ at work!)