How to Do Research in 3 Simple Steps

3. Find Key Sources

If you’ve picked a good topic, then you probably have lots of sources to work with. This is both a blessing and a curse. A variety of sources shows that there’s something worth saying about your topic, and it also gives you plenty of material to cite.
But this abundance can quickly turn into a nightmare in which you spend hours reading dense, mind-numbing material without getting any closer to actually producing a paper.
How do you keep this from happening? Choose 3–5 key sources and focus on them intently. Sure, you may end up needing more sources, especially if this is a long paper or if the professor requires it. But if you start out trying to read 15 sources, you’re likely to get overwhelmed and frustrated.
Focusing on a few key sources is powerful because it:

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  Lets you engage deeply with each source.
  
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  Gives you a variety of perspectives.
  
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  Points you to further resources.
  
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  Keeps you focused.
  

3 oddiy qadamda tadqiqotni qanday qilish kerak

Soat 2:00 va siz beshinchi chashka qahva ichyapsiz (yoki bu sizning oltinchi chashkangizmi?). Siz kutubxonaning qorong'i burchagida o'n beshta ochiq kitob bilan o'ralgan stolda cho'kkalab o'tiribsiz. Noutbukingizda shunchalik ko'p yorliqlar ochiq va siz hali ham 7 soat ichida kelishi kerak bo'lgan qog'oz haqida bir so'z yozmagansiz.
Qanday qilib bu nuqtaga kelganingizni ko'p narsa, jumladan, kechiktirish , yomon tashkil etish va tartibsiz jadvalni tushuntirishi mumkin .
Biroq, ko'pincha muammo tadqiqot qobiliyatlarining etishmasligidir .
Va bu sizning aybingiz emas. O'rta maktab sizga qanday tadqiqot qilishni o'rgatishda yomon ish qiladi va ko'pchilik kollej sinflari unchalik yaxshi emas. Siz buni sinov va xato orqali aniqlashingiz kutilayotgandek tuyuladi.
O'ylaymanki, biz bundan ham yaxshiroq ish qila olamiz. Ushbu qo'llanmada men sizga 10 sahifalik kurs ishidan tortib yakuniy taqdimotgacha bo'lgan hamma narsani tadqiq qilishning 7 bosqichli jarayonini ko'rsataman. Siz nafaqat yaxshi tadqiqot qilishni o'rganasiz; Bundan tashqari, qanday qilib samaraliroq tadqiqot qilishni o'rganasiz.