Doing research requires a lot of time and planning. You need to allow yourself plenty of time to do it properly.
You need a clear idea of what you want to do and what information you need to find.
Doing the search itself - finding the books, articles, web sites, and so forth - may be the fastest part of your research process.
You need to allow yourself time to read and understand the information you have found.Very rarely will your first search turn up everything you need for a good paper.
You need time to RE-search to fill in gaps in your information.
Finally, writing, editing and rewriting take time.
Don't wait until the last minute.
The steps outlined in Part 1 should be done before you visit the library or sit down at a computer.