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Biology

Welcome to topic to research question

What to know: General topics are too big to research and write about. You'll need to narrow it down to a college level research question.
What you'll learn: How to narrow your topic down into a college-level research question by asking questions, doing a little research, and finding keywords that scholars use. And that you can do these parts in any order that works for you.  ​
Why you should care: Doing this work upfront means that your book and article searching will go much faster. 

Topic vs. Research Question

Finding keywords for searching

Background research

Try it! Develop your topic into a research question!