Step One: Define Your Topic or Research Question

You have picked a topic for your research-- global warming-- but selecting your topic is only the first step in doing research. Before you start looking for books and articles on your topic you have to do a few things. State your topic as a question Identify concepts If needed, narrow or broaden your topic Define your Topic Take a moment to review the following presentation to learn how these steps can help you get a focused, easy to research topic.

Step Objectives

after completion of this step you will have learned:

• how to take a general topic and make it manageable
• how to narrow or widen a topic as needed
• how to identify key concepts in your topic that will make research easier

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