Cracking the Capstone
A Capstone Workshop Video 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
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1. Define your topic
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2. Ask for help
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3. Develop a research strategy and locate resources
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4. Use effective search techniques
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5. Read critically, synthesize and seek meaning
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6. Understand scholarly communication process and cite sources
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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?
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General databases to try:
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Europa World PlusCombines Europa World Yearbook and Europa World Regional Surveys; covers politics, government, history, economics, statistics and directory data.
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Policy FilePolicy papers from major think tanks and research organizations.
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Google ScholarOn the Scholar Preferences page, enter "Tufts" under Library Links. This will allow you access to the full-text of the article through one of our subscriptions.
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GODORTIO document search portal
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Web of ScienceCitation indexes - including Journal Citation Reports and Data Citation Index
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