Skim the internet - Finding useful sources - Part I. Research and writing: from planning to production

A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, 7th edition - Kate L. Turabian 2007

Skim the internet
Finding useful sources
Part I. Research and writing: from planning to production

Before college, many students do research only on the Web, because their high school libraries are small and they need to find only a few sources. In college, you can still do some preliminary work with a scholarly search engine such as Google Scholar. It will give you a rough idea of the kinds of sources available. If your library catalog is online, you can also start there (see 3.3.6 below). But if you search just the Internet, you'll miss important sources that you'll find only by poking around in your library. Once again, you'll work most efficiently if you have a plan.