Surveying  

This page provides tips for choosing the best resources to do your surveying research.

Deciding What You Need

1. Does your assignment require books?  Journal articles? Web sites? 

• If your syllabus asks you for journal articles, click on the Articles tab, and learn about ProQuest.
• If your syllabus  asks for books, click on the Books tab, and learn how to find books in the RTC Library Catalog.
• If your syllabus  asks for web resources, click on Web Sites. These pages list recommended web sites on many medical topics.  

2. If no formats are specified, think about the age of the material you need.

• If you are researching something that is a established fact, try books (found in the RTC Catalog) or encyclopedias (found in the RTC Catalog, in Gale Encyclopedias or Credo Reference (found on the RTC Library Database page). Examples of established facts include "historic maps" or "history of surveying instruments".
• If you are reseaching something new, such as "extraterrestrial mapping", try journal and newspaper articles (found in ProQuest.)

 Need More Help?

 If you're not sure what you need, or how to begin, come in to RTC Library, call us at (425) 232-2331, or email us at librarian@RTC.edu. We'll be glad to help.