You have been assigned a research project…

Finding Information

How do you know if your topic is too broad?

•Too many results

•Results don’t have the information you need

•Can only write general statements

•Cannot be covered in detail

Narrowing your search

•Boolean Search• AND, (), “”, etc…

•Change your search terms

How do you know if your topic is too narrow?

•Not enough results

•No results

•No relevant results

•Can be discussed in great detail, but not enough for assignment

Expanding your search

• Boolean search using OR

• Boolean Search using Truncation (*)

• Change your search terms

Arrange from Broadest to Narrowest

Tattoos as body art

Dyes & pigments used in Henna tattoos

Tattooing in Indian Culture

Body ArtHenna tattooing in Indian Culture

Initiation Ceremonies

Top 5 Secret Society Inductions

Cultural customs

Rituals

Secret Society Inductions

Arrange from Narrowest to Broadest

9th Grade

Your Research Topic

• You will be reading “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. You may conduct research on anything that has to do with “Romeo and Juliet”

• Where do you start?

Some Questions to help you

• What are some words you would use to search for this topic? (Keywords / synonyms)

• What are some broader terms?

• What are some narrower terms?

Good Research Questions

• Good questions are WELL DEFINED and OPEN ENDED!

Examples: (how can you make these better?)

• What are the risks of tattoos?

• Does Target ban employees from wearing tattoos?