CHOOSING YOUR TOPIC AND IDENTIFYING KEYWORDS
Write down your claim, argument, considerations for your topic.
Examples of topics for Individual Research Papers:
Schizophrenia; depression; bipolar; anxiety disorders (i.e. panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, somatization, hypochondria/illness anxiety) posttraumatic stress disorder; substance abuse disorders; eating disorders; personality disorders (i.e.: paranoid, schizoid, antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, dependent); sleep disorders; pathological gambling; dissociative disorders; delirium; attention deficit hyperactive disorder; pedophilia and other sexual dysfunction disorders; and others.
● Identify keywords from your proposed topic that could help you find information. Brainstorm synonyms,
related ideas, broader terms, narrower terms for these keywords. Combine these keywords in your search.
Mix and match the synonyms to expand your search.
Example of a topic or question one is researching:
What are the risk factors of eating disorders in males?
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eating disorders
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males
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risk factors
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body dissatisfaction
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men or boys or males
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body image
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body dysmorphic disorder
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NB. Truncation of keywords can help expand your search.
To truncate a word place an asterisk at the end of the root of the word as in:
dismorph* will find dismorphia ; dismorphic ; dismorphobia ; dismorphobic
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