Research skills

Courses and workshops

Online resources

  • Bedford Research Room: page from Colorado State University, providing useful links on how to develop a research question, search the web, evaluate sources and work with information from sources
  • Critically Analyzing Information Sources: from the Library at Cornell University, from initial appraisal through to content analysis
  • Engage in Research: for biosciences undergraduates. It covers the basic areas of research, including how and where to search for scientific papers, how to structure a literature review, basic statistics and more - from University of Reading.
  • The Seven Steps of the Research Process: Outlines a strategy for finding information and documenting the sources you find. Also offers good advice on evaluating sources
  • Key Skills - Research: from the BBC
  • Library Research Roadmap: York University, Canada
  • Postgraduate Research in Law: advice from the University of Wollongong on how to conduct legal research, including hints on developing a topic, research methods, style and constructing reasoned arguments