How to develop a research topic? ISLA 585 – Winter 2014 Anaïs SALAMON Head Librarian – Islamic Studies Library [email protected]
May 25, 2015
How to develop a research topic?ISLA 585 – Winter 2014
Anaïs SALAMONHead Librarian – Islamic Studies [email protected]
Develop a research topic
State your topic as a question
Find background information
Today’s topics
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
Choose a workable research topic
What are the ways in which
history and memory
connect with each other
in contemporary
Arab American women’s fiction?
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
Clear Focused Arguable Complex
State your topic in a research question
How do feminists use
violence in literature?
What do you think of this question?
What are some recurrent positive
and negative ways in which the
concept of violence is used in
Arab feminists’ literature?
Now, what do you think of this one?
Indentify the most important concepts
Violence
Arab Feminists
Arab Literature
Find background information
Wikipedia & Google
E-Reference books
Subject guides
Bibliographies
The research process
Define your research topic
Brainstorm
What type of information do you need?
Develop your search strategy
Review results
Conduct your search
Write your paper
Develop a research topic
State your topic as a question
Find background information
Today’s topics
Questions?
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