A Super Quick guide to finding and assessing good sources for your research assignment or project.

Gary Thomas is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and research methodology in education, with a particular focus on case study. He has conducted research funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, Barnardos, local authorities, and a range of other organisations. He has coedited the British Educational Research Journal and is currently an executive editor of Educational Review. He is author of many books, most recently Education: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.

What is a source?
How do I know if it's a good source?
How are primary and secondary sources different?
Where do I go online to search?
What's the point of the library?
What's a database? And why is it good for me?
Where do I find stuff that's not in the big databases?
Who will help me?
Why can't find I anything?