Library Staff
Helena, MT 59601
Donaldson Campus 140
Airport Campus
Recommended Books
Concise Guide to Information Literacy by Call Number: 028.7 LANISBN: 9781440851384Publication Date: 2017-03-27
The Student's Survival Guide to Research by Call Number: 001.4 MCAISBN: 9780838912768Publication Date: 2015-08-01
You've just been assigned a research paper. Where do you start?
A research project can generally be broken down into five steps, each of which has a number of smaller steps or components:
- Develop a Topic
- Find Information
- Evaluate Information
- Use Information
- Avoid Plagiarism by Citing Sources
You'll find information about each of these steps on this guide, broken down into smaller steps or skills. You'll go through the steps more or less in this order, but the research process is not a one-way street! You may find yourself returning to previous steps at any point in the research process - and that's okay! In fact, it's often the sign of a thoughtful and thorough research project.
Research is a Conversation
Posted with permission from Oklahoma State University
Worksheets to Guide Your Research
- Research Worksheet - PDFA simple worksheet to help you organize your research process, in PDF for easy printing.
- Research Worksheet - WordA simple worksheet to help you organize your research process, in a Word document.
Library Research Prize
The Helena College Library Research Prize recognizes overall student achievement in all steps of the research process for a research project created for a Helena College class in the current semester.
- Library Research Prize WebpageFind out more about requirements and guidelines for submitting a research project, and access award-winning projects from 2014 to current.