Suggestions for Finding a Topic

  • Discuss your topic ideas with your class instructor.

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  • Discuss your topic ideas with a librarian
  • Look over the index and the article titles in a specialized encyclopedia that covers the subject area or discipline of your topic (for example, sociology, United States social history, women's studies, etc.). More detail on finding and using subject encyclopedias and other background sources is available here

Return to step one: Identify Your Topic.


           
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