You can use these essential research questions to stay organized as you look for and present your information. Step 1: What needs to be done? What information do I need? Step 2: What resources can I use? Which are the best? Step 3: Where can I find these resources? How can I find information in each source? Step 4: What information in which source is useful? How will I record it? Step 5: How will I organize all the information? How will I present the results? Step 6: Did I complete the task? How can I do things better?