The SACE research advice website has a wide range of fantastic documents to guide you under the following topics.
This search engine locates and displays results in different ways, in images and as a concept map, than a traditional Google search. It might help you to explore your topic and identify a research question.
The more reading you do the better informed you and your research will be. Background reading will enable you to:
Discover what research exists on the topic;
Find areas not adequately covered;
Discover areas to investigate further;
Provide focus to your research;
Contribute to the creation of your research question.
Check out these websites for ideas on how to develop your Research Question.
A research question provides a focus and specifies the purpose of the research.
Mindmapping is a good tool for brainstorming and generating ideas for your keywords. This will be a working document to add to and be evidence of your journey through the research process.
In the long run, this will save you time as it clarifies the task, generateds keywords for searching and defines the research parameters.
A tool which is useful for brainstorming your topic and organising your ideas.