When I research, I like to organize the information I have at hand and the information I have in my head first. Then I like to look at the required forms of research a professor may give for an assignment. I then look at many different formats of research, on the Internet, books or articles in the library. In some cases I will conduct surveys or do interviews with people I know who night have valuable information on the topic.
Next I will create an outline for whatever project or paper I am writing, and then I can proceed by reviewing my research pieces and inserting them into the appropriate sub heading in my outline. After all of my research is accounted for and cited, I will fill in the paper or project with my own prior knowledge, transitional statements and conclusions.
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The only time I ever made an outline after leaving high school was when Dr. Tretter made us write one in Physics for Teachers- it was a separate grade and was about the physics of the clarinet. The outline was terrible- I don't even think I did it right- and I know I forgot the word "conclusion". My mind completely blankes, so I wrote "closure." Wow.
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