ACV Campus Notice:

On Friday January 17, and Monday January 20, ACV Campus (570 Dunsmuir, Vancouver) will be closed during the demolition of an adjacent building on Dunsmuir. For Friday January 17, and Monday January 20, please check with your instructors as ACV classes may be held over Zoom. The ACV campus will re-open as usual on Tuesday January 21. The ACB Burnaby campus is unaffected and will remain open as usual during this time.

Research Skills

Check our all-in-one file of research skills. Download [PDF]

Step 1

Evaluating Resources

Read assignment outline carefully & know what kinds of resources you need to find.

Step 2

Narrowing Topics

Do some background reading on your topic, so you know what your topic is about. Use textbooks, the internet, or the library search page to find contextual information. You may need to narrow your topic at this point.

Step 3

Creating Keywords

Make a list of keywords that relate to your topic.

Step 4

Building a Search Strategy

Go to the library website, and type in your search terms.

Step 5

Library Databases

Make sure you know how to limit your results, so that you see which articles will be the most useful for your topic.

Land Acknowledgement

Alexander College acknowledges that the land on which we usually gather is the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory.