Description

This episode begins a series on research.  It talks about what research is and shares strategies for choosing a research focus.

Transcript here

Additional Materials

• College Composition and Communication's "Research (poster)"
• Purdue OWL's "Research: Where to Begin"
• Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse's "Developing a Research Question"
• Emilie Zickel's "Developing a Research Question"
• "Narrowing a Topic," "Regular vs. Research Questions," and "Developing Your Research Question"  from Choosing Using Sources:  A Guide to Academic Research
• Bonus: Dana Lynn Driscoll's "Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews"
  • This essay discusses other forms of research not discussed in the episode.

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