I thought this was a very insightful reading on how to begin researching a topic. The information contained within will definitely help when researching for our final paper. I thought it was interesting that the book stated, "with online research in particular, sometimes people get side-tracked very early in the process by overly particular information and never get to see the 'big picture' that books and magazine or journal articles offer." I think this is a very accurate observation. A lot of times journal articles and books will give the necessary background information and correct definitions needed to fully understand a topic. I also thought it was a good idea to note names that you come across often when researching. For example, you may get several sources that mention a certain study conducted by Dr. John Doe. When you notice this you can look up the study yourself and make sure your interpretation of the results matches those of the authors citing the study, and also use the study itself as another source in your paper. I'm not sure I agree with the idea that you should "talk like an insider." This may be a good idea if your audience knows a lot about the subject, but if they do not, the terms may confuse them. I also thought it was interesting that the book suggested using Wikipedia! Many of the classes I have taken strongly discourage this because anyone can edit the pages and the information has been shown to be inaccurate in some cases in the past. The research journal seemed like an interesting idea, but may be more time consuming than it's worth.