1. Narrowing your topic Shelby Bivins, M.Ed. Librarian Frisco High School, Frisco, TX. bivinss@friscoisd.org Use with permission from Monroe Community

2. Quick Tips for Narrowing your topic • Use a Wikipedia-type site for general information on your topic. • Choose a topic that will be interesting to your audience. • Ask: is my topic still too broad for the length of my paper? • What kind of information do I need to do the assignment? • Is there a better question I could ask now that I know more? (more on this to come) Use with permission from Monroe Community

3. Broad to narrow to focused FISD High School Research Guide

4. Narrowing your topic worksheet Used with permission and adapted from Monroe Community College, Professor J. Wilkie

5. General Search Tips • Write down similar search terms. Use with permission from Monroe Community