Research process: identify a topic, find background information, books, articles, and videos. Evaluate your sources, and if you use the sources in your paper, cite your sources.
Search using keywords:
Find background information on a topic
Find books and videos
Find articles from core journals (Choose Databases by Subject, Literature Databases, OK.)
Evaluate your sources
Cite your sources.
Write your research paper.
Primary sources are documents from the time period, people, and events of the time under consideration. Primary sources can be:
Secondary Sources (from teachinghistory.org)
Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism (From Purdue OWL)
Literature Dictionaries
Literature Encyclopedias
OED (Oxford English Dictionary)
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by Casebooks in Criticism
Critical Companions
Critical Insights (from I-Share to Borrow)
Critical Responses
Here are some resources to help you gain an understanding of why it is important to evaluate your sources in academic research.
The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory by How to Write a Research Paper (from Purdue OWL)
Writing in Literature (from Purdue OWL)
Create a bibliography the easy way.
Zotero step-by-step video.
Also:
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Chicago Manual of Style
MLA Basics--A Tutorial
Purdue Online Writing Lab