Research reflection

Good research is the foundation of any good paper. A well written paper uses scholarly sources to support their claim and to explore new things. For Writing 100, we were required to do research for our papers. The research had to be reliable, scholarly sources. Since I work at the library, finding good research sources is not that difficult to me. I already know the difference from a reliable source and one that is not. I know how to tweak searches in order to find research I want. Also, it does not hurt that I know exactly where to search. The only exasperating part for research for me is finding a source that focuses on what I want exactly. Sometimes you think you found a good source, but then you read it and it does not cover what you want. That’s when research becomes tedious and I am left searching for new sources. Overall, although I already know how research, this allowed me to have more practice.