- choose a topic that you are interested in, this way you will not get bored and you will actually want to do the research.
- start on your research early, or don't wait until the last week to start.
- try to come up with as many key terms and phrases relating to your topic as possible before starting your search, and don't stress too much if you cannot come up with a lot because you can run into more terms and phrases as you do your research.
- Get your library sources as soon as possible because other people in the class might have a similar topic to you and they could take all the good ones.
- On the CSULA library database for articles, JSTOR and Project Muse are great databases to use for sources.
- When looking for book sources, read the table of content, the intro/summary and the index first. This saves time.
The topic of my research is end of the world myths. My research question is, why do people believe these "end of the world" myths even though many end of the world events, like the Y2K incident, were disproven and how do these myths serve society?
Some helpful sources for this topic:
- "Millennial Seduction" by Lee Quinby
- "Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem" Edited by Thomas Robbins and Susan J. Palmer
*both sources can be found in the CSULA JFK Memorial library.
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