Look at the references for your article

• check links and fix broken links using the Wayback Machine

• fix things that look weird

• if sources look useful, take a look at them to see if they offer helpful information that isn't on the Wikipedia page yet.

Look for information in the library

• look for encyclopedias (they are linked on this research guide)

  • Credo Reference

  • Oxford Reference Online

• search for your person in TigerSearch

• look for books or articles they may be mentioned in

  • look at the Find Books and Find Journal Articles pages on this guide

  • these books and articles may not talk about them in the title so they might not show up on TigerSearch

Look for information outside the library

• search for your person's name on Google and Google Scholar

• to find citations, search for the information on Google, often this will pull up the source that the Wikipedia editor used

• use your fact checking skills to determine whether this is a reliable source (you can also ask Margaret or Heidi)

Polish some of the research skills that will be necessary for research, writing, and presentation across multiple academic disciplines.