Title: 10 Tips to Help Improve Your Research Skills - Public Generalist
Headings: 10 Tips to Help Improve Your Research Skills
10 Tips to Help Improve Your Research Skills
10 Tips to Help Improve Your Research Skills
1 – Plan carefully
2 – Collaborate
3 – Use advanced search techniques
4 – Start with less reliable sources, don’t end with them
5 – Use all available sources
6 – Harness the community
7 – Check Credentials
8 – Be ready to make notes at any time
9 – Stay organized
10 – Avoid plagiarism

Content: Even if you are using the internet, which of course you should still do, there are ways of getting more reliable information. For example, if you are seeking scholarly information you can use a search engine specifically designed to return those kinds of results such as PubMed or Google Scholar. 6 – Harness the community
One of the best ways to aid your research is to find other people with interest or expertise in the area you are researching, Either online or offline. Places like Reddit or other forums can be an easy way to find people interested in a particular subject. Offline there are clubs or meeting where people gather to discuss or appreciate a wide variety of subjects. For example, if I were researching cryptocurrency, I could use the meetup app to find a dozen meetings on that topic in the next week alone. Another way of using the community around a subject is to identify the experts in your field of interest and contact them. Getting information directly from people who have authority on a topic means the quality of that information will be much higher. 7 – Check Credentials
When using experts as sources make sure to check their credentials. Where did they study?