research guide
Academic navigation tool
A research guide is a curated resource that directs users to relevant sources, databases, and strategies for investigating a particular subject.
Libraries commonly produce research guides for academic disciplines or specific topics: The library's research guide on climate science lists key journals and datasets.
They function as starting points rather than comprehensive surveys.
- handbookCompact reference guide
- bibliographyList of cited works
- works citedList of sources used
- manualWritten instructions for use
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
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- researchstudy, archive, peer review, investigating, citation
- guidesguidebook, handbook, manual, walkthrough, how-to
- Referencedictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, almanac, atlas
- reference materialsdictionary, encyclopedia, thesaurus, atlas, almanac
- legal bookslaw dictionary, casebook, hornbook, treatise, nutshell
research guideprimary sources
Firsthand historical evidence
raw data · source materials · archival records · original manuscripts
research guidetrial and error
Learning through repeated attempts
research guideprimary source
Unmediated evidence from events
raw data · source material · original research · dataset · manuscript
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