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Research Process

This guide provides a step by step approach to research as well as acquaint you with some fundamental resources to get started.

Developing a Good Topic

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To get started you need to choose your topic. Let's see what makes for a good topic as well as how to narrow a topic down to a more manageable subject.

Once you have your topic and you start researching it you find that needs to be some give and take with your topic. In other words, you'll find yourself tweaking your topic as you let your research guide you. This video will help you undersand how that process works.

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