Do Research
When selecting a topic it is vital to make sure that it should be manageable to work with with regards to the requirement of the assignment. It is important to start immediately with the main activities of the topic. Things like doing experimentation, maybe some survey and doing data analysis is helpful. Doing research may involve few components like thinking and answering the question and presenting the answer.
Before digging into archived documents, study published resources of facts in your field of interest. This means visiting a good public or research library to find any relevant books and spending extra time to read them.
Do the Research
Identify the scope of your inquiry exactly as possible narrow down the the scope and to make it more easier to do the research. When getting information from books, periodicals, or the Internet, is helpful to evaluate all the information gathered. Research always takes time even longer than you expect. Records which are archived is not easy to find but they are an instant source of facts on every understandable topic.
The fact that you are doing research shows that you have the skills necessary to answer questions. Maybe not all questions will have the answers, but it is enough foundation of knowing a way to attacking the research. Work around the problem, if you have problems solving it, sometimes a problem is handled by defining it away.