All research should involve a variety of information sources, and this is especially true of the EPQ where you are marked on having a wide and variety mixture of primary and secondary sources.| 3 things to remember | ||
| 1. Think about your topic - are there specialist journals, websites, organisations or people that you can talk to? |
2. Take a plan on where to go and what sources to use. Then branch out. Use bibliographies to widen your research - try to get back to the original source of information. | 3. Continually make a note of where you are looking for information, track the websites you visit and the journal articles you read. Make use of note taking apps and tools. Take a look at the ORGANISE information page for help. |
The journal’s mission is to provide a larger audience for the original academic research of ambitious secondary students, provide a forum for peer-review, and create a community of young researchers. In addition, the journal strives to advance the quality of academic writing in secondary schools.The Young Researcher is edited by secondary school students working closely with scholars and active researchers at universities and in the community.
The Kellett Senior Library has a large selection of non-fiction materials, books and magazines. Use the search bar below to search for resources, then visit the Library to borrow or refer to them.
It is also visiting the Hong Kong Public Libraries which have a much larger collection of resources to hand, or look out for specialist libraries in Hong Kong that may be able to help you.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
As a good place to start Kellett has a collection of eResources designed to assist you in your research.
For the full list of resources available click here.
For EPQ students the main resources are:
JSTOR - provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. When in school no login is required, for home use please ask the Librarian for login details.
Questia - a large collection of articles, books and scholarly articles designed for Secondary students. Create
your own project folder and get help on taking notes and writing research papers. Each Y12 and Y13 student has their own individual login - use your Kellett username and password default is "kellett". Please change this on your first login.
Hodder A Level Magazines - search magazines covering sciences, history, politics, psychology amongst others. Login in using your Kellett username and password on the right-hand side of the login screen
To help EPQ students explore some of the specialist webstes, museums and libraries out there please take a look here. The list is not exhaustive but hopefully gives you an idea of the wealth of information out there that may not be found through a Google search alone.