PAID 112 Section 18: Whitsitt (Spring 2024)

In this guide, you'll find:

• Tips for picking a research topic and select encyclopedias (these should be familiar from your library interactions in Paid 111).
• A wide collection of books and online resources to find primary sources.
• Selected library databases to find scholarly, secondary sources.
• Resources from our class session
• Contact info for your librarian

Preus Library has so much more than what's in this Guide! When you have questions about the library or about finding a resource, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Search across these online encyclopedia collections to find relevant articles.

Alternatively, you could search in one of these specific encyclopedias for your topic. 

What are you curious about?

• What do you still have questions about?
• This might seem obvious, but your topic should interest you!

How can you contribute to the conversation?

• Are there gaps in existing research?
• Can you approach a topic from a new angle or perspective?

Picking a topic is research, too!

This video (3 minutes) describes the process of choosing and testing out a topic. See more tips below the video, too!

Video posted on YouTube by North Carolina State University Libraries under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license.