Researching

There are many other academic search engines and tool available online to help with your research. Again, it is important to make sure that your sources are credible and academic.

The first step in finding relevant and credible sources is understanding how to use Google Search properly.

This website provides an excellent overview of how to use Google search effectively.

Sources that should be avoided:

• most personal blogs

• wikipedia

• slideshare

• sites without authors or affiliations with credible organizations

• Youtube (this is a grey area. If you have a source from Youtube that you'd like to use please consult with your supervisor and/or Ms. Zeiler before including it)

• Twitter, Facebook, Instagram - unless it is a post directly from an academic or business you are including in your EE

Sources that tend to be credible (but make sure to check them carefully):

• academic journal articles found on credible academic search engines

• sites ending in .edu or .org

• sites from credible organizations and NGOs

• governmental sites

• primary data from the source (i.e business data or statistics on the site of the business you are researching)

MLA (Modern Language Association) is a standard citation style that we use at CCS. MLA uses in-text citations instead of footnotes and has a specific style used for bibliographies.

The links in the left will give you a detailed overview of MLA citations and how to include them in your work.