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Research Process

This guide provides a step by step approach to research as well as acquaint you with some fundamental resources to get started.

Searching the Free Web

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The "Free Web" are those websites that can be searched through a search engine like Google and which there are generally no fees to access the information. Below you'll find a couple tips for searching two of the most popular search engines, Google and Google Scholar.