EN 112 (Blair) - Intermediate Composition 

Welcome to this Research Guide for English 112. I hope you find it useful. These pages will aid you in adapting a search strategy to support the process of inquiry.Search strategy includes these five basic steps. 

• Explore your topic. 
  • What do you want to know about it? 
  • What are you curious about?
• Use an overview source to find more information and expand your knowledge of your topic. 
  • Does this change what you want to know in any way?
• Join the conversation by exploring the different aspects of your topic. 
  • Develop a question to research combining what you are curious about with what you still want to know about the topic.
• Identify the search terms in your question and brainstorm possible synonyms to use when searching. 
  • Select appropriate resources and search for information.
• Continue the conversation by reflecting, refining your question, evaluating and citing information as appropriate.