1. Define your topic
2. Where will you find information
3. How to find it
4. How to cite what you’ve found
1. Define your topic
“No wind is favourable if you don’t know where you are going”
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
Write out your essay title, write a long version, write out the key themes, write out other ways of saying the same thing.
Use an Encyclopedia/Reference Source to define your terms -
Good places to look for definitions -
Contact a Family - Provides an A-Z listing with basic information on many ID conditions/syndromes and contact details of specialist support groups.
MayoClinic (http://www.mayoclinic.com/) is an extension of the Mayo Clinic's commitment to provide health education to patients and the general public. Editors of the site include more than 2,000 physicians, scientists, writers, and educators at the Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit institution
NHS – add “NHS” to any Google search to get a better set of hits.
Google - try out terms on Google scholar, Google, to find better, broader, narrower, deeper, different terms.
2. Where will you find information
Catalogues (books), databases(articles), web (institutional, government information)
To keep on track always (ALWAYS!) start your search from the SUBJECT PORTAL FOR INTELLECTUAL DISABILTIES - it reminds you to keep to key databases, books and journals.
3. How to find it – acquire some search skills!
Here are some YouTube tutorials for you to try
4. How to record/cite what you’ve found - Harvard Style
O'flynn, S. (2010). My fabulous Library Tutorial. What Nurses Need to Know. 9 (3), 35-42.
(There are ads on this site which get in the way a bit but just highlight them too – they don’t show up when you past the reference into your report)
