Searching for information can be time consuming, and that is why it is a good idea to start well in advance. When you search, you will go through several steps in a process. In the process you will repeat many of the steps depending on how your search, your results, and your research question develop. The steps will be repeated and reconsidered until you have a sufficient amount of relevant material that you can use.

Search process. Formulate your research, arrow (symbol), choose search terms, arrow (symbol), choose where to search, arrow (symbol), search, arrow (symbol), evaluate your search, arrow (symbol), choose search terms again, evaluate your search, arrow (symbol), review and evaluate the material, arrow (symbol), reconsider your research and search again.

A good starting point in the search process is to get familiar with the topic you will search for. You can do this by:

Searching for material that you have access to by searching in Summon@BTH.
Looking up words in encyclopaedias, course literature, or handbooks.
Searching Google Scholar or Google to see what else is available on the topic.
If you get stuck, ask for help from your teacher, supervisor, or your contact librarian.

Once you have collected your material, you should consider whether the material you have found can answer your research question. Otherwise, you may need to rethink and select other search terms or search in more sources.