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Research Skills: 01 Getting started

Introducing research skills

Good research skills help you to find information and use it effectively. Knowing how to plan and create a search strategy will enable you to gather information efficiently, compare different sources of information and reach your own conclusions to answer a question or complete an assignment.

This guide will help you navigate the research process, it will show you how to find, use and evaluate good quality information, enabling you to produce better academic work and achieve better marks. These skills can be used in everyday life and will be invaluable when progressing on to university or into employment.

 

This guide is an introduction; for more detailed explanations, have a look at the selection of e-books below. You can click straight through to them. 

This guide is also available in Cymraeg

Recommended E-books

Front cover The Study Skills Handbook
Front cover The Good Research Guide
Front Cover How to Do Your Social Research Project or Dissertation
Front cover How to Improve Your Critical Thinking and Reflective Skills

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Recommended for Welsh Bacc

If you are undertaking a research project as part of your Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification, you may find the following ONS handbook useful. It has been designed by the Office of National Statistics to help develop the social and economic research skills required for your project. 

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