Library Research Profile

Date due

Student

Instructor & Section or time

1. State your topic as clearly as possible. If you can, explain the perspective from which you would like to approach this research e.g. from a business, psychological, historical, political, ethical, etc. viewpoint.

2. List terms, names, events, synonyms, antonyms, etc. that might apply to your topic. These are the terms you will look up in #5 to find information on your topic:

3. What type of information do you think you’ll need? Check as many as apply.

q Background information q Jargon, Terms or Definitions q Technical q Legal q Current q Historical q Biographical q Statistical q Issues q Controversies q Examples q Interviews q In Depth q Illustrations, Diagrams or Models
q Other (specify):

4. What kinds of research sources do you think you could use? Check as many as apply.

q Encyclopedias, dictionaries, & other reference books   q Books    q Primary Sources    q Government Documents
q Media -- videos, CDs, DVDs   q Newspaper articles     q Magazine articles     q Academic (scholarly) journals   
q Contact persons, experts
q World-Wide Web Search Engines    q Bibliographies (lists of sources on various topics)   q Other (specify):

5. Find 3 sources relevant to your topic from the following kinds of research tools: reference books & bibliographies, online catalog, periodical index, statistical database, WorldWide Web search engine. Use a different kind of research tool for each of your three sources.

1ST SOURCE:

a. Kind of tool (one of those listed in question 5 above):

b. Title of tool used: (be specific)

c. Citation of document found:

Author:

Title:

Date:

q If a book or government document:

Publisher:

Place of publication:

Call no.:

q If a periodical article:

Title of periodical:

Formats available: q Print q Electronic text q Electronic image(PDF)

Volume:                Issue:               Pages:

q If a public web site:

URL (complete address): http://

d. Evaluation:

•Author authority: Is there any information on his/her qualifications, experience, institutional affiliation, other publications? yes    no

•Currency: Is the information current and up-to-date? yes    no

•Source of the information in the document: Is there a bibliography or references or list of works cited? yes    no

Comments:

 

2ND SOURCE

a. Kind of tool (one of those listed in question 5 above):

b. Title of tool used:

c. Citation of document found:

Author:

Title:

Date:

q If a book or government document:

Publisher:

Place of publication:

Call no.:

q If a periodical article from an index:

Title of periodical:

Formats available: q Print q Electronic text q Electronic image(PDF)

Volume:            Issue:          Pages:

q If a public web site:

URL (complete address): http://

d. Evaluation:

•Author authority: Is there any information on his/her qualifications, experience, institutional affiliation, other publications? yes    no

•Currency: Is the information current and up-to-date? yes     no

•Source of the information in the document: Is there a bibliography or references or list of works cited? yes     no

Comments:

 

a. Kind of tool (one of those listed in question 5 above):

b. Title of tool used:

c. Citation of document found:

Author:

Title:

Date:

q If a book or government document:

Publisher:

Place of publication:

Call no.:

q If a periodical article from an index:

Title of periodical:

Formats available: q Print q Electronic text q Electronic image(PDF)

Volume:        Issue:        Pages:

q If a public web site:

URL (complete address): http://

d. Evaluation:

•Author authority: Is there any information on his/her qualifications, experience, institutional affiliation, other publications? yes    no

•Currency: Is the information current and up-to-date? yes     no

•Source of the information in the document: Is there a bibliography or references or list of works cited? yes     no

Comments: