Focusing a Topic
The key to good, sustainable research, and consequently, a great paper or presentation, is making sure you have a focused topic. Focused means not having a topic that is too broad or too narrow. Research questions that are too broad generate more information than can reasonably be presented or written about. Questions that are too narrow have little information or information that only addresses the topic in a superficial, shallow manner.
How do you focus a question that you may know little to nothing about?
You can learn more about your topic by searching in an encyclopedia database, like CREDO Reference or Issues and Controversies. These tools will provide articles, graphics, and other forms of media with basic information about people, places, things, events, idea, and more. Tools like encyclopedias are know as reference tools.
2024-2025 Hours
