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- choosing_a_topic
- {{page>questguide}} ====== Choosing a topic ====== ===== A topic is a place ===== We embark on research because we want to know more. Any researc... ou have to set limits on what you will study. The topic of a research project is like the setting of a st... a time. In fact, that is sort of where the word //topic// comes from. //Topos// in Greek means ‘place’. W
- asking_a_question
- ====== Asking a question ====== Once you have a topic, you should start asking questions that can drive... nswer, but to complicate our understanding of the topic (see [[Choosing a topic]]). Research questions force us to think about things in a new way. The answer t... formation on which we base our understanding of a topic, and that leads to problems. We solve these by as
- building_an_argument
- that you have discovered through reading on your topic. But a building also has a design. Raw material d... al structure at work here. You have facts on your topic, and you know that these facts are problematic. T
- citing_sources
- nt to find what other people have written about a topic usually "do a bibliography crawl." They find a re... ing or contrasting ideas and information on their topic. Citing sources is thus how we as authors contrib
- drafting
- itle!! Like, not even a clever one, just what the topic is, because it’s just a draft. (That’s right, Dra... it is written, so you have to be engaged with the topic in detail. To date, no one has ever replied to on
- managing_bibliographies
- information and where to find out more about the topic. But the whole process of managing a bibliography
- questguide
- ideas through research]]** Step 1: [[Choosing a topic]] | Step 2: [[Asking a question]] | Step 3: [[Sta
- reflections_on_research
- he not only had new information, but [[Choosing a topic|a problem]]. In a sense, her essay is a solution