Workshop for ENGL 397 Vince Graziano English Librarian

Workshop Outline Choosing a research topic Narrowing your research topic Creating a research question Market Information Passport GMID Industry Information IBISWorld Article Databases ProQuest Business Databases Academic Search Complete Professional Associations

ProQuest Business Databases ABI/Inform Complete (global) ProQuest Asian Business ProQuest European Business Canadian Newsstand (major daily newspapers) CBCA Complete Canadian magazines and journals

Choose A Research Topic Narrow your research topic Write your research question Identify your key concepts Create your search words

Who/What/Where/When/How Start by thinking of a broad topic

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic? I know that Im interested in thinking, researching and writing about: video games

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who? think of a group of people that would be related to, or involved with your broad topic: teens

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who: teens What? think of more specific aspects of your broad topic or of topics related to your broad topic Think of issues/things on which your broad topic may depend, what it might cause, or influence violence attitudes

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who: teens What: violence, attitudes Where? perhaps you can limit your broad topic to a specific geographic location or context? United States

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who: teens What: violence, attitudes Where: United States When? perhaps you can limit your broad topic to a specific time period? the present

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who: teens What: violence, attitudes Where: United States When: the present How? think of possible relationships/effects between your answers video games could affect teenage attitudes towards violence

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who: teens What: violence, attitudes Where: United States When: the present How: effects of video games on teenage attitudes towards violence You can certainly make a research question from this!

Who/What/Where/When/How Broad topic: video games Who: teens What: violence, attitudes Where: United States When: the present How: effects of video games on teenage attitudes towards violence

How Do Video Games Affect Teenage Attitudes Towards Violence? Key Concepts: video games, teenage, violence Synonyms: computer games, adolescents, aggression Search statement: (video games OR computer games) AND (teenage OR adolescence) AND (violence OR aggression) AND narrows your search OR broadens your search

Using AND Use AND to combine your concepts in a search strategy Violence AND teenagers AND video games Violence Video Games Teenagers

Using OR Use OR to combine your synonyms or similar terms Teenagers OR Adolescents

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