Tips for Finding Your Research Question
There are several tools to help you identify and develop your research question. Here are some steps that might be helpful:
- Explore through the background sources listed below to find ideas for topics. Looking at websites & news sources can help you find a focus for your question, and identify keywords that you might use when you look for scholarly articles.
- Test your topic in BU Libraries Search or a general database like Academic Search Premier. Are there many books articles on your topic? Based on the articles you are seeing, you may get ideas for narrowing down your topic or pinpoint an aspect of a topic that interests you.
