This is the hardcopy version of this form to be printed, filled out, and submitted to the instructor by mail or by hand.

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Notice that some of these sections offer multiple lines for answers. You must ALWAYS answer the first one. The other lines are there IF you have multiple answers, but are not required after the first one.

You will want to review the How To Research information sheet before finishing this sheet, especially the section on how to define your terms.

Identification Info:

Your Name: ________________________

Your Class Section:___________________

Your Instructor:______________________

Research Paper Subject Information:

Subject of my paper:_______________________________

Main Search Term Used:____________________________

Other Terms to Try:_________________________________
(list as many as you can think of, separated by commas)

Reference Works:

Identify what online reference material (encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, statistic sources, etc.) you found to support your subject

_____________________________________________(you must answer at least this one)

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if you didn't find any reference material, just say so on the first line. You can identify WHAT information you found if you want to, but we are simply looking for WHERE you found the information at this time.

Periodicals:

Choose the Database used and indicate how many matches your search found in that database:

Database Used	# matches found

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Books:

I have found the following book(s) on my subject:

Book Title	Author name

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Web Sources:

I have used the following search terms in the following search engines and gotten this number of matches (you must answer the first one):

Search Engine	Search Term Used	# matches

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Remember that you HAVE to answer at least ONE of each of these types of sources, but answering more than one is your choice. The more depth that you show to your research, the better. This is a Pass/Fail assignment -- You will be evaluated on whether you are searching in the right places, not how complete your research is (at least not yet!).