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FYI: First Year Initiative

Resources to accompany library FYI sessions, offered to new freshmen prior to the start of each fall semester.

Getting Started - Reflections

 

 

You probably have some good experience doing research already, whether for schoolwork or your own personal concerns.  In this session, we hope to translate your previous experience into practice with academic research at CMU.

 

To warm up for this session, please reflect on the questions below and write down your answers

  1. Think of a time when you looked for information to make a decision or to solve a problem. (Examples: buying a mountain bike, packing for college).  How did you search?  What search tools did you use?  Who did you talk to?  
  2. How is academic research similar or different from research in our own lives?