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Biology Research

A guide to help you begin your research related to this course.

Guide to BIOLOGY Research

Biology

Guide to Biology Research

The Research Cycle

Explore Your Topic

1. Explore and Refine Your Topic

Need to brainstorm a suitable topic? Once you've picked a possible topic, it's a good idea to do some background research to learn more about your topic. After you've done some background research, it's time to refine or narrow your topic. The library is a great source for brainstorming and background information!

Find Sources

3. Find Sources

After you've refined your topic, it's time to start searching for sources. Consider your assignment requirements such as whether you need scholarly sources or the most recent research.

Search and Evaluate

4. Search Effectively and Evaluate Your Sources

Not finding what you need? Learn basic and advanced search strategies to find relevant results. It's always a good idea to evaluate sources before using them in your assignment.

Writing Center

5. Write

Pull everything together by tying information from your sources together with your own observations/experiments and analysis. Share your results and discussions/conclusions in a cohesive report/presentation. The LPC RAW Center has many tutorials to assist you. Don't forget to look at the Citing page on this guide for tips on proper citation formatting.