Summary

In this section of the Research 101, you have learned:

  1. How to choose an effective topic for your assignment.
  2. Sources to help you pick a topic, such as news, encyclopedias and CQ Researcher
  3. How to identify keywords
  4. How to broaden a narrow topic and how to focus a broad topic
  5. How to write a research question or thesis statement

You are now ready to move on to the next section of Research 101, where you will learn about the types of information that you can find in your research.