Cracking the Capstone
Capstone Workshop Series
A video series featuring helpful tips and recommendations from Dean Gallagher, Professor Khan, and Ellen McDonald.
This series can be found on myFletcher in the Academics section under Capstone Project (bottom of the page):
https://myfletcher.tufts.edu/fletcherconnect/capstone/
Steps to Effective Research
- 1. Define your topic
- 2. Ask for help
- 3. Develop a research strategy and locate resources
- 4. Use effective search techniques
- 5. Read critically, synthesize and seek meaning
- 6. Understand scholarly communication process and cite sources
- 7. Critically evaluate sources
Choosing a Topic
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Choose a topic that interests YOU
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Topic should be broad enough to find material but narrow enough for a Capstone
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Do test searches: can you find information on your topic?
General databases to try:
- Oxford Handbooks OnlineSearchable collection of digital Oxford Handbooks across and a variety of disciplinary subjects including Business and Management, Economics and Finance, Law, and Political Science.
- Google ScholarIncludes journal and conference papers, theses and dissertations, academic books, pre-prints, abstracts, technical reports and other scholarly literature from all broad areas of research. Contains full text links to a few of Tufts subscribed databases such as Pubmed and scholarly articles that are available anywhere across the web.
- Europa World PlusCombines Europa World Yearbook and Europa World Regional Surveys; covers politics, government, history, economics, statistics and directory data.
- Web of ScienceCitation indexes - including Journal Citation Reports and Data Citation Index
Related Research Guides
Research Librarian
Ellen McDonald
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Contact:
Edwin Ginn Library
Fletcher School
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Fletcher School
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
617.627.3858