Geier Library: Modern World History: Home

Welcome to the Modern World History Research Guide. This guide will help you conduct scholarly research for your assignments this year in Modern World. Click on each tab to find information, tutorials, and a sample paper to give you an idea of how your finished paper should look.

Research is:

Driven by a question or problem that then guides the process
Seeking information with an open mind
A process, which works best when done step-by-step. The steps may need to be repeated, as the process is iterative
Collection and interpretation of data in an attempt to resolve the problem or answer the question
Going beyond facts and old ideas
Taking a new look at the information and joining the conversation on your topic

Research is not:

Copying and pasting information you find through a Google search
Combining a paragraph from one article with a couple of paragraphs from websites. That's plagiarism.
Writing a "report"
Rearranging facts
Rewording each phrase and citing each source. That's just a summary of facts with someone else's name on them and still can be classified as plagiarism.