The Research Process

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Choose a Topic.

Your instructor may have assigned you a topic or you may have to come up with your own. If your instructor assigned your topic, move on to step 2, Start Research. Otherwise, keep reading!

To choose a good topic, consider gathering information on a topic that is:

1. Interesting! Focus on a topic that you want to know more about and can hold your interest to the end of your research.

2. Neither too broad nor too narrow: A topic that is too broad may not be manageable within your time frame. A topic that is too narrow may not be researchable.

3. Well-defined and specific

Topics are tricky, and can change during the course of your research. Sometimes they change a lot, sometimes a little; it just depends on what information you find.

Choose a topic that interests you. Writing a paper that bores you is the worst!

Make sure you can find some information on it. Also, you need to take care not to pick something too broad. Determining a topic’s scope can be a fine line, and it takes practice.