The Bedford Research Room

The Research Room, drawn from Mike Palmquist's The Bedford Researcher, supports students in courses across the disciplines and offers instructors a library of helpful instructional tools.

Research Guides

How to Search an Online Library Catalog

How to Search a Database

How to Search the Web

How to Develop a Research Question

How to Evaluate Sources

How to Develop a Thesis Statement

How to Work with Information from Sources

How to Create a Works Cited or References List

How to Use Your Word Processor

How to Write for the Web

Research Links

Links Main Page

Disciplines & Professions

Electronic Searches

Field Research

Research Checklists

Exploring Topics pdf : rtf : doc

Narrowing a Topic pdf : rtf : doc

Planning a Search pdf : rtf : doc

Skimming Sources pdf : rtf : doc

Interviewing pdf : rtf : doc

Observing pdf : rtf : doc

Conducting Surveys pdf : rtf : doc

Evaluating Sources pdf : rtf : doc

Taking Notes pdf : rtf : doc

Avoiding Plagiarism pdf : rtf : doc

Drafting pdf : rtf : doc

Integrating Sources pdf : rtf : doc

Revising pdf : rtf : doc

Editing pdf : rtf : doc

View Other Resources at Bedford/St. Martin's

The Bedford Bibliographer

RE: WRITING RESOURCES

Bedford Researcher Tutorials

Diana Hacker's Research Exercises

Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online

St. Martin's Handbook Guide to Citing Sources

Evaluating Online Sources: A Tutorial by Roger Munger

St. Martin's Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism

Bedford/St. Martin's Workshop on Plagiarism