Writing A Research Proposal
Literature Review: Finding Journal Articles Scholarly vs. Popular Works 
Citing Sources

Writing a Research Proposal

Beginners Guide to the Research Proposal

Covers all the elements of a research proposal. See also Structure of a Research Proposal for guidelines on how to format your work.

The literature review should summarize what is already known about your topic. It must be based on current research.  Research articles are best for current information but books can be useful as well, check the Library Catalog and WorldCat to search other libraries use interlibrary loan if Babson does not own the book.

LexisNexis Academic - Medical Section

Search all three sections, but be aware that Medical Journals and Abstracts (Medline) will be best.

InfoTrac Web - Health Reference Center Academic

Contains full text of Journal of the American Dietetic Association and other research journals.

ProQuest

Choose Scholarly Articles tab after doing a keyword search to limit to relevant titles.

Access Science

Encyclopedia of science topics for general overviews. Useful for background information.