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How To Narrow Your Research Topic

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How To Narrow Your Research Topic

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So, you're finally getting to work on that term paper and you're stuck trying to write about a topic that is so huuuuuge it could literally fill a 10-volume book series. Time to narrow that topic down! Get out the hatchet, and start chopping!! In this video I give you some advice for ways to think about creating the smallest possible version of your research topic. I walk through the narrowing process using a concrete example: democratization and education.

Some useful resource links:
UNF Library: unf.edu/library/
Research 101: youtube.com/watch?v=gzVkpqBWUqU
Primary vs Secondary Sources: youtube.com/watch?v=PydyOdNwS7w
3 Parts of an Academic Paper: youtube.com/watch?v=uvK-YGxAwFg
How to Do In-Text Citations: youtube.com/watch?v=qkDM8kz0bf0

Some useful data site links:
Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/
Human Development Index: hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-index…
Democracy Index (2019): eiu.com/topic/democracy-index
Varieties of Democracy: v-dem.net/en/
Fragile States Index: fragilestatesindex.org/

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Dr. Emily Maiden published this 10:18 video tutorial on March 25, 2020. It has been watched 8,273 times on YouTube.

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