UGS 302: Language & Communication: A Helping Hand - Meier

Use this guide to help you with your research assignment for this course. The tools and resources you find here can help you with other coursework and projects here at UT. You'll find the following in this guide: 

• How to start your research by picking a topic, finding background information, and developing keywords
• How to find information such as articles and books
• How to evaluate your sources
• How to get help

Remember you can always ask librarians for help! Contact me or click the Chat with Us link to get immediate help from a librarian. 

Librarians are available to help with every step of the research process. We are information professionals and love working with students to connect you with the information you need. We can help you:

* choose a research topic or find a research question

* broaden or narrow your topic

* find sources, whether they are books, articles, maps, music, data, etc. We can help you do great searches using Libraries tools and search engines like Google. 

* evaluate sources. Is it credible? Is it peer-reviewed? etc.

* recommend tools for organizing your research and citations..