First-Year Student Research Toolkit: Welcome to First-Year Student Research Toolkit!

Welcome! This guide will help you:

• Get started with your research -
  • Creating a workable research topic
  • Creating a good research question
  • Finding good keyworks to search with
• Search in different places when appropriate -
  • In Google or other search engines to get background information
  • In the UB library or databases when you need high level information
• Cite your sources correctly -
  • In APA Style (if assigned)
  • In MLA style (if Assigned)
• Find images ethically without stealing them for projects

If you wish to contact a librarian directly, refer to the contact boxes below.