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Getting Started
The information on the tabs of this guide will help you identify keywords for your topic, find and evaluate different types of sources, and cite your sources.
For additional help using library resources, explore our Library Research Skills guides.
Researching Hot Topics in Dental Hygiene
This guide is designed to help you develop a research question relevant to the practice of dental hygiene, locate professional sources, evaluate the sources, and use APA style in a written report.
Assignment Components
Choosing a Topic
Choose a topic that interests you, expands your current knowledge, and provides you with new insights.
Develop a Research Question
Your question can be from a patient's perspective or from a clinical perspective.
Conduct Preliminary Research
Conduct preliminary research using Taft College library resources, including books, magazine articles, and scholarly journal articles. Minimum requirements include:
- Two published studies
- One should be a randomized controlled trial or observational study
- One may be a systematic review with or without meta-analysis
- Two credible sources
- One peer-reviewed article
- One magazine article, textbook, website, podcast, webinar, etc.
**These are minimum requirements. Sources should be current--published within 5 years--and credible, relevant, and accurate.
Formatting
Use APA 7th ed. style for your research paper.
- Minimum 4 sources
- 2-3 pages plus reference page
- 1" margins
- Times New Roman font, size 12
- Double spaced
- In-text citations
- Reference page
- hanging indent
- alphabetical order
- Sections
- Introduction
- Body of Paper
- Conclusion
See the APA 7th ed. tab on this guide for examples.