Skip to Main Content
Accessibility Information

Information Literacy Content

Here you will find information literacy content for use in courses or assignments. Concepts such as research, evaluating sources, citation, and library navigation are covered.

Stack of blocks with icons relating to research and discovery

Image from Canva

Developing a Research Strategy


Welcome to Lesson Three: Developing a Research Strategy. In this lesson, you will:

  • Discover the seven steps to an effective research strategy
  • Explore common research obstacles and their solutions

What Do I Do When...?


Very often, even though we have laid out a reasonable research strategy, our research does not follow the path we have laid out for it. We may run into a barrier where the search results we obtain are not the ones we expected to see. The infographic below outlines three very common ways that our search results can surprise us and gives tips on how to fall back on your research strategy to solve them.