ENG 102 Library Assignment

1. Topic Chart
Broad Topic Restricted Topic Narrowed Topic

Fishing Commercial fishing Fishing regulations in New England

Censorship Internet Internet in China

Check to be sure that the research questions meet these criteria:

 It is open-ended (cannot be answered with simple yes or no).

 Should not be answered by definition or list
 It addresses an issue or controversy and/or solves a problem.
 It is something that you can take a stand on.
 Does not lead you to research only one side of the topic

2. Research Question Activity:

Research Question
Example 1: What impact do fishing regulations have on commercial fishing in New
England?

Example 2: How will China’s effort to censor the Internet affect its citizens?

Fill in your research question:

3. Key Words/Search Terms Chart
Concept 1 AND Concept 2 AND Concept 3
Extract the major concepts
from your research question.
List alternatives for each concept: Search Terms Search Terms Search Terms
 These can be synonyms, or
they can be specific examples OR OR OR
of the concept
 Use single words or short
OR OR OR
phrases.
 Find additional terms in
abstracts and summaries of OR OR OR
articles.

4. Sources for your paper:

Academic Search Complete
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ProQuest Central
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Subject-Related Database
Name of the database:
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Main Library Search Box

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