Suggestions for finding a topic
- Discuss your topic ideas with your course instructor.
- Discuss your topic ideas with a reference librarian. You can stop by a reference desk, call, or use
e-mail to contact the
the Reference department.
- You may wish to set up a research
consultation, if your project is lengthy.
- There are subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks for most topics or subject areas.
State your topic idea as
a question. For example, if you are interested in finding out about
Title IX (Title Nine) and women athletes in college athletic programs, you
might pose the question, "How did Title IX
impact women athletes in college athletic programs?"
Identify the main
concepts or keywords in your question. In this case they are "title
ix," "women," "athletes,"
and "college athletic programs."
Test the main
concepts or keywords in your topic by looking them up in the
appropriate background sources or by using them as search terms in the Library
Catalog and in research
databases.
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