How to Find a Faculty Mentor for Research

Talk to faculty with whom you have taken a class
Use the new Dartmouth Faculty Directory to learn about professors and their particular areas of interest. Note that the database at this time includes only tenured and tenure-track Dartmouth College faculty. It does not include adjunct and visiting faculty, nor does it include Dartmouth Medical School faculty.
Read faculty bios on departmental websites. These may include more information than is available on the Dartmouth Faculty Directory, and many departmental websites will also list adjunct and visiting faculty.
Graduate program websites are another good source of information for potential faculty research mentors.
Use the Dartmouth Medical School Faculty Expertise Database for information on faculty affiliated with the medical school and hospital.
Look through the research positions on JobNet - select “research” in the “classification” menu then click “search jobnet”
For research in the sciences, peruse the notebook of faculty research projects. Copies of the notebook are located in the Office of Undergraduate Advising & Research (110 Wentworth Hall) and in Dr. Lee Witters' office (353 Remsen at the Dartmouth Medical School). Faculty who submit a project to the notebook are willing to meet with students about possible research opportunities.

Think about what you want. Are you looking for a part-time research experience while you are taking classes or a full-time leave term research project? Do you need to be paid or would you consider working as a volunteer? Is this something you would want to do for one or two terms, or is it something you are interested in continuing for one or two years?
Make sure you know something about the faculty member's research. At least read the “research interests” paragraph on the web. Better yet, read an article or something else he or she has written.
Be prepared: if the professor you meet with does not need/want to take on a student, ask who else he or she thinks you should talk to. Sometimes an email that begins, “Professor Smith suggested that I talk to you...” will get better results!