Concise Guide to Information Literacy by 
The Student's Survival Guide to Research by 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:
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.
Posted with permission from Oklahoma State University
The Helena College Excellence in Library Research Award 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.
