Pick Your Topic
Step 1: Pick Your Topic.
Picking a topic is more than just making up a research question - it's a process that continues in the next three steps. You need to...
- start with an idea,
- get some background information and find keywords for your main ideas,
- start searching for articles on your topic,
- then improve your research question, refining it to become a college-level topic.*
*The more you research, the more your research question will change and refine, until your topic is clear and the terminology reflects what is current in the discipline.
- Below left - helpful videos.
- Below right - an image of a sample research process...but you should create your own!
Picking a topic IS research!
Research Process
Research Process
