Assign Men 2
Assign Men 2
Assign Men 2
Assignment # 2.
Submitted to:
Mam Sumaira
Submitted by:
Sara Manzoor
(BS (hons) _1)
Jan 21, 2010
Table of Contents
1. Choose a Topic:.........................................................................................................3
2. Prepare before you search: .......................................................................................3
Before you choose a topic, make sure you know what your final research project
should look like........................................................................................................... 4
3. Brainstorm to get research topic ideas................................................................... 4
4. Read general background information ...................................................................5
5. Focus in on your topic. .............................................................................................5
6. Identify key concepts and add synonyms .............................................................. 6
Analyze for concepts .................................................................................................. 6
7. Restate your topic as a focused research question .................................................7
8. Research and read more about your topic. .............................................................7
9. Formulate a thesis statement...................................................................................7
1. Choose a Topic:
Students who are new to doing research often feel some of what’s listed below:
Curiosity: I know how to do research. I’m sure I’ll find what I need.
It’s normal to feel any or all of these reactions. How you react depends largely on these
factors:
Do you hop in your car and start driving, hoping to find it by sheer luck?
No—if you want to get there in time, you will probably want to focus your search with a
map and some instructions.
The following steps can help you save time and lots of frustration.
Before you choose a topic, make sure you know what your final research project
should look like.
4. Always choose a topic that interests you. Use these questions to help you
gather topic ideas.
Curious or excited about a current social or political controversy?
Have a personal interest you’d like to know more about?
5. Look at some of these web sites for more ideas.
Are you interested in current events, government, or something in
the social sciences?
Try Speakout.com (www.speakout.com)
Are you interested in health or medicine?
Try Healthfinder.gov or Medline Plus
(www.medlineplus.gov).
Are you interested in the humanities—art, literature, music?
Any topic will be difficult to research if it is too broad or too narrow. A great
way to fine-tune a topic is to use the method traditionally used by newspaper
reporters—who?-What?-Where?-When?-Why?
1. Who is involved?
3. Where is it happening?
Example: Some sources may use capital punishment while others may use
the term death penalty. The more related terms you try while doing research,
the more successful you will be.
Use the keywords you’ve gathered to quickly search in the Library catalog, article
databases and Internet search engines. Find more information to help answer your
research question.
Can you find enough information on this topic? Do you need to try other sources?
Need tips on search words or how to talk to a search engine? Or is it time to
modify the topic instead?
Write your topic as a thesis statement. The thesis statement is usually one or two
sentences that state precisely what will be proved, answered, or what you will
inform your audience about your topic.
The development of a thesis assumes there is sufficient evidence to support the
thesis statement.
More examples:
Sharing music Does sharing Music, down- Sharing music files has been
files music files loading, file sharing, the center of a huge Internet
infringe on P2P, Internet, copyright controversy.
musicians’ copyright, musicians People wanting to share
rights? music they love are at legal
odds with the music industry
wanting to control the music
it produces.
REFERNCE:
http://www.occc.edu/libraryresearch/start.html