Research guidance that teaches you to find and judge sources
Most students lose marks in the library, not the writing. We help you build a search strategy, find the right databases, evaluate what you find and organise it into something you can actually write from.
What this service includes
- Search strategy design — keywords, synonyms, Boolean operators, filters and database selection.
- Annotated bibliographies — summaries and evaluations of your key sources, structured to your brief.
- Source evaluation — judging credibility, currency, authority and bias instead of citing the first page of Google.
- Methodology guidance — choosing between qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches, and justifying your choice.
- Research ethics pointers — consent, anonymity, data handling and institutional requirements.
- Reading plans — what to read first, what to skim, and how to take notes you can use later.
Coaching, not doing
Our research guidance is built to leave you more capable, not more dependent. You get the strategy, the reading list logic and the evaluation criteria — then you apply them to your own project with your writer on hand when you get stuck.
If you want the searching done for you as part of a larger piece of work, that is covered by our dissertation support and literature review services.
Search strategy in practice
We start from your research question, break it into concepts, and map each concept to keywords and subject headings. Then we choose databases: Google Scholar and your university library for breadth, plus discipline-specific sources like PubMed, EBSCO, JSTOR, Westlaw or IEEE Xplore where they fit.
You finish with a repeatable search you can document in your methodology chapter — not a one-off list of links.
Frequently asked questions
Last reviewed: 19 September 2026
Ready to get started?
Send your brief on WhatsApp and a subject specialist will confirm price and delivery time — usually within minutes.