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WorldCat Discovery:
These tutorials walk you through the topic selection process:
These databases and websites can help you brainstorm a topic:
NARROW your topic if it's too general for your project. A couple of ways you can narrow your topic are:
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B R O A D E N your topic if it's too specific for your project. For instance, you might have trouble finding information about hazing in Southern fraternities. So, expand your topic:
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Step 1: List the key concepts that describe your topic (look at words in your essay question or research topic).
Example:
Step 2: List synonyms or related terms and use them in your searches (check an encyclopedia to find related terms, and a thesaurus to find synonyms). Note that you will probably have to run multiple searches to cover all content on your topic.
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Cinderella
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RELATED TERMS
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→ | fairy tales, folk tales |
variations
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SYNONYM
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→ | versions |
cultures
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RELATED TERM
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→ | multicultural |
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