Student Research Guide
English Literature
Research Methods in Literary Studies
- All Research Is Discipline-Specific!
- Literary Texts Are Open to Interpretation
- What Do We Study When We Study Literature?
- How to Find a Topic
- But Where Do I Start?
- Research Process
Identifying Research Sources in the Humanities
- Sources You Should Cite
- Sources You Shouldn’t Cite
- Academic Publishing 101: Peer Review
- Major Types of Research Publications
- How to Recognize a Good Journal?
- Predatory Journals
Linguistics
How to formulate a Research Topic
- What is a research topic?
- Why is knowing how to write a research paper important?
- What challenges you might face when trying to formulate a research topic?
- How to formulate a research topic?
- What constitutes a good research topic?
- Common mistakes that students make when formulating research topics
- Some useful tools and reliable sources
How to Find Useful and Legitimate Online Sources for Academic Writing in Linguistics


