Research Guides: Environmental Education & Sustainability Research Guide: Research Resources Basics

Research Tools

Graphic Organizer for Research
This is a user friendly PDF file. That means you can save it to your computer, tablet, or phone and start writing; furthermore, you can save your text directly to the PDF.

This file will help you stay organized while researching and writing your research paper.
Research 101: Quick Tips &Research Toolkit
This is a PowerPoint presented by Roxanne Spencer, Associate Professor & BWEL Coordinator roxanne.spencer@wku.edu
Beulah Winchel Education Library (BWEL), GRH 1073

The presentation is explores the meaning or research and provides valuable tips.

Research is the careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge about something: the activity of getting information about a subject.

Copyright, Fair Use, and TEACH ACT
What can be legitimately used for classes, face-to-face or online?

In general, these are the guidelines for educational copyright/fair use, including the TEACHACT, which deals with online classes (from the University of Arkansas Libraries' research guides).

More specifically, if WKU Libraries subscribes to the journal or has a copy of the book (print or ebook), faculty can make a copy of an article or book chapter and use it for/post it to a class. If WKU Libraries does NOT own the book or subscribe to the journal, faculty should gather those materials into a course pack for that class, which is handled through the WKU Store. Course packs usually have a fee attached.
How to Use a Source: BEAM Method
This resource is provided by the Hunger College Libraries.
"For any research project, you want to use a variety in types of sources as well as points of view. Some assignments will have certain requirements for the sources, in terms of genre of source (academic, popular), format (blog, print) and publication dates. To research a question in depth, the answer to the question of “how many and what type of sources do I need” is all of them. You need a variety of sources, both in type and point of view, in order to fully (or even partially) explore a research question."

BEAM Method Background, Exhibit, Argument, Method: BEAM: Evaluating Sources Rhetorically
This PDF is provided by the Hunger College Libraries.

The PDF explores how you evaluate a source depends on the purpose of your research. Consider how the given source might inform your research and if it provides the most appropriate information for your purpose.

Infographic Transcript 5Ws + How
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Infographic 5Ws + How
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