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Sometimes instructors assign research topics and sometimes you get to select your own topic. Selecting a research topic shouldn't be the most stressful part of the assignment. The concepts and strategies in the module will help you select and refine a research topic for any assignment.
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Adapted from Choosing a Research Paper Topic from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Choosing a research topic learning outcomes:
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy: Research as Inquiry
The video can be added to your Canvas course using the embed code.
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The knowledge check and narrowing your research topic activity can be added to your Canvas course using the embed button for each item.
Contact Melissa Gomis (melissa.gomis@unl.edu) with any questions.