Finding Evidence: Fresh Take

  • Describe strategies for doing preliminary research on a topic
  • Describe strategies for synthesizing research with your own ideas

Preliminary Research

This video walks you through an example of how you can do preliminary research on your topic to refine it and come up with an angle to research further.

You can view the transcript for “What is Preliminary Research?” here (opens in new window).

Types of Sources

Watch this video to review the difference between primary and secondary sources.

You can view the transcript for “Primary vs. Secondary Sources: The Differences Explained | Scribbr 🎓” here (opens in new window).

Watch this video to review the difference between popular and scholarly sources.

You can view the transcript for “Understanding the Differences Between Popular & Scholarly Articles” here (opens in new window).

Synthesizing and Incorporating Sources

This video explains three techniques for using sources (quotation, paraphrasing, and summarizing) and when to use them.

You can view the transcript for “Writing with Sources: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing” here (opens in new window).​