For this assignment you are moving from finding sources to finding the best research and evidence available on your topic.
This is a process that takes time -- it is iterative and circular, rather than linear.
It's important in this process to have support for when you get stuck, or when a sources you find is not available.
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Now that you've done some background research, it's time to narrow your topic. Remember: the shorter your final paper, the narrower your topic needs to be. Here are some suggestions for narrowing and defining your topic:
Describe and develop your topic in some detail. Try filling in the blanks in the following sentence, as much as you can:
I want to research ____(what/who)____
and ____(what/who)____
in ____(where)____
during ____(when)____
because ____(why)____
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