After selecting your topic it is important to understand the relationship between
1) the research you need to do andResearching a very recent event may require newspapers, but those are not scholarly, and would not be appropriate for a Comprehensive Exam question. On the other hand, scholarly journal articles are not the right source for finding current financial information for a company. Before you begin searching, look at your assignment and ask yourself:
2) the sources available to answer your research question.
- How many sources do I need?
- Do I need research articles from scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals?
- Do I need articles from the professional literature?
- Does the information need to be current? How current?
- Do I need statistics or other data? Who produces that data?