Choosing a Topic
- Select a broad subject area, such as foreign affairs, adolescent psychology,or environmental protection.
- Choose a topic within the subject area that is
- interesting to you.
- not too broad - with hundreds of books and articles written about it, as in the examples below:
- AIDS, drug abuse, South Africa, Civil War
- not too narrow - with nothing or only one or two articles written about it, as in the examples below:
- the effect of drug abuse on the athletic performance of 18-year-old hockey players in Argentina
- a comparison of the marketing strategies of two barber shops in Harrisonburg, VA
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Use these search terms in reference books, the online catalogue, and databases you wish to
search.
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