CMLA: Certified Medical Laboratory

Research involves gathering and interpreting information. To answer a question or understand an issue, you have to seek relevant information, which helps you develop your point of view.

Your assignment guidelines will state the sources you can use, and you must be careful to use the correct sources. The questions below will also help you determine what sources to use.

• Do you require current material (e.g. material published within the last five years)?
• Do you need information from a particular type of publication (e.g. peer-reviewed journals, scholarly publications or popular magazines)?
• How many sources do you need?

Also, remember that not all sources are scholarly or peer-reviewed. Many may be popular sources.