FYS 199-15 Good News - Clark - Fall 2024: Beginning Your Research

Questions to think about in choosing 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 source

Some keywords to help identify specific viewpoints:

Reference sources can help you quickly understand the major people, events, or periods of time associated with your topic and help you develop a list of possible keywords.