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- Tutorial 1: Developing a Research Topic
Information Literacy Tutorials
These tutorials are designed to introduce researchers to information literacy concepts such as narrowing and broadening research topics and evaluating and selecting appropriate information sources..
Developing a Research Topic
This tutorial should take you 15-30 minutes to complete.
You will need to review 4 lessons and take a quiz.
When you are done, you will be able to:
- View research as a process
- Understand the importance of background research
- Choose a research topic that is not too narrow or broad
- Translate your background research and knowledge about your chosen topic into thesis statement drafts