Research Strategies: Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog

William Badke

apr 2017. · iUniverse

O ovoj e-knjizi

We live in a time when there is more knowledge available to us than ever before. Yet we struggle to make sense of it. When a research deadline looms and all you see is a confusing fog of data, you know you need help. In this sixth edition of Research Strategies, author William Badke helps you make sense of it all. He will show you how to navigate the information fog intelligently, and he will detail how to use it to your advantage to become a better researcher. Badke focuses on informational research and provides a host of tips and advices not only for conducting research, but also for everything from finding a topic to writing an outline to locating high quality, relevant resources to finishing the final draft. Study guides, practice exercises, and assignments at the end of each chapter will help reinforce the lessons. As an experienced researcher who has led thousands of students to ramp up their research abilities, Badke uses humor to help you gain a better understanding of todays world of complex technological information. Research Strategies provides the skills and strategies to efficiently and effectively complete a research project from topic to final product.

O autoru

William Badke is Associate Librarian for Associated Canadian Theological Schools and Information Literacy at Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada. Since the mid-1980s, he has taught research skills to undergraduate and graduate students. His extensive publications have been recognized for their contribution to the developing discipline of information literacy. Visit him online at williambadke.com.