Strategies for Narrowing and Developing Your Senior Research Topic!
Strategies for Narrowing and Developing Your Senior Research Topic – Handout
Example: The challenges faced by college graduates in the United States entering the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resources for Research
In addition to Google, use the following Resources to search for TIME, LOCATION, CATEGORY & ISSUE to narrow down your interests into a Research topic:
1. Google News www.google.com (do a Google search, then click on the NEWS tab – Click Tools to change “Recent” to “Past year” or Archives)
2. Research Databases – www.galepages.com/brun84057
3. Books in the BHS Library – www.destinydiscover.com
4. Google Books – books.google.com
5. Check out books at Amazon.com www.amazon.com (look “inside the book” at the table of contents and let us know if you’d like to order a book for the BHS Library!)
Citing Sources!
Create your Works Cited using EasyBib
(Did you know…A Works Cited is a list of works that you actually cite in your paper, whereas a Bibliography contains the works you both cited AND read or consulted when writing your paper.)
- Log in using your Google account.
- Select New Citation List in the drop-down menu under your account in the upper right hand corner.
