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Finding and Exploring Your Topic

Helps you determine a reasonable topic for your paper.

Librarian Contact Information

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Angie Oehrli
Contact:
2178 Shapiro Library

919 S. University Ave.

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1185

734 936-2376
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Welcome

One of the more difficult parts of the research process can be finding and refining a topic.  The resources in this guide are intended to help you to identify potential topics for your paper, to find resources to explain a little bit more about your topic, and then to narrow or broaden that topic to an appropriate size.

When choosing a topic, try to pick something that is of interest to you on a personal level. That will make researching your topic much more interesting!

Need Help With Your Topic? Just Ask!

Librarians can help you through the process of brainstorming, exploring, and narrowing/broadening your topic!

Stop by the reference desk on the second floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library, use our IM service Ask a Librarian, text, call or email--we will help you in any way we can.

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If you have attended a library workshop today for class, please consider providing feedback for the librarian who taught your class..

The questions on the online evaluation below are designed to reinforce what you have learned today.  The answers will be reviewed by the librarian who taught this class in order to determine ways that the class can be improved.  Your answers are anonymous.   Click on the link below to access the online question.

Library Workshop Evaluation