Internet Links for Narrowing the Topic of a Research Paper

 

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©©© Duke Libraries: Guide to Library Research

 

Duke Libraries provide an excellent set of examples of topic narrowing and using library searches to assist in topic narrowing.  This printed version of this page would be good to have on hand when searching our library databases.

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/refining.htm

 

 

©©© Evaluating and Refining Your Search

 

This site provides comprehensive guidance on all aspects of writing a research paper, as well as an interactive, printable worksheet (attached) to use in narrowing the research topic.

http://faculty.washington.edu/jwholmes/tutorial/module5.html

 

 

©©© Library Research Tutorial UIUC - Selecting and narrowing your topic.

 

This site provides step-by-step guidance through the narrowing process.

http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/bi/research_skills/5_Topic/default.asp

 

 

©©© Online Technical Writing: Topic Narrowing

 

An excellent interactive question/answer process helps the researcher focus on specific aspects of the proposed topic.  Results of the interactive questionnaire can be emailed to the researcher or the appropriate professor.

http://www.io.com/~hcexres/tcm1603/nar_plan.html

 

 

©©© Narrowing the topic

 

This site provides excellent examples of ways to narrow the research topic, along with a little humor.

http://www.lib.siu.edu/research/narrow.html

 

 

©© Narrowing Your Topic

A brief discussion of the advantages of using a library search to narrow a research topic is presented at this web site.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/english_research/intro/pop2c.htm

©© Writing a Research Paper - Narrowing a Topic

This site provides good examples and discussion about narrowing the research topic.  This is also a good resource to print for reference during the writing process.

http://english.fsu.edu/rwc/wr_narrowtop.html

 

 

©© Narrowing from a Topic to a Thesis

 

Concrete examples and tools for topic narrowing are given at this site.  This is also a good resource to print and keep for future reference during the writing process.

http://www.furman.edu/~moakes/Powerwrite/narrow.htm

 

 

©© Narrowing a Topic Worksheet - Narrowing from Topic to Thesis in Argument

 

This site provides assistance for arriving at a possible thesis for a research paper that requires you to take a position on one side of an argument. 

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/WritingCenter/references/processes/topic/com18c1.htm

 

 

© The UVic Writer's Guide - Narrowing Your Essay Topic

 

This site provides examples of topic narrowing.

http://www.clearcf.uvic.ca/writersguide/Pages/EssayNarrowTopics.html

 

 

© e-Library@Iowa State University - Quick Guide/…/Narrow your topic

 

Examples of topic narrowing are provided.

http://www.lib.iastate.edu/commons/resources/topic/narrow.html