FYS Effecting Social Change with Theatre (Maresh) Fall 2023

Keywords are the building blocks of research. However, finding ones that produce the kind of search results that you are looking for can be tricky. These questions can be helpful to think through these questions when developing keywords:

1. What are the important nouns in your research question?
2. What are synonyms for those important nouns? How might different groups refer to your topic?
3. Who are the key figures/ what are the key events that you learned about during your research with reference sources?

Like the research process, developing keywords is an iterative process, so don't panic if your first keywords don't produce the results that you were expecting.

Below are some resources from other libraries with further tips for developing keywords