Take advantage of the save or My**** function that are found in most article databases. When you email lists to yourself and close the database, you have lost the remainder of you search results. If you want to seach the database again, you need to redo the search using the exact search strategy. If you create a search and save it, you can return to your entire list of results.
Look for these links in the various databases:
My Research (Proquest)
My EBSCOhost (but look for "Sign In" first)
My NCBI (Pubmed)
The Instructional Media Library, Powell 270, has a collection of films that you can view there. You can search their catalog by film title, subject, actor, etc.
When conducting research, you don't want a topic that's too broad or too narrow. For example:
When you have a topic, put it into the form of a question--that way, you can use your thesis to answer that question. The best research questions are open-ended (not yes-or-no questions), specific enough for you to find good sources, but broad enough for you to explore the various things scholars have said about the topic. Good research questions use "action" verbs ("contribute," "influence," etc.) A few examples:
Check out Wayne Booth's The Craft of Research (3rd ed.), available electronically or in print through the UCLA catalog, for more strategies for developing your research question.
One more thing: don't try to answer your research question too early in the research process. Remember that research requires keeping an open mind, rather than trying to confirm what you already believe. For more information, see "Research Tips" below.
There is a lot of online help for remote learning. Below are some links that you can look at on your own.