PAID 112 Section 19: Drews (2024)

You'll find:

• Encyclopedias and other reference sources for background research.
• Primary sources, including Life Magazine and others
• Secondary sources, including books and databases

What are you curious about?

• What do you still have questions about?
• This might seem obvious, but your topic should interest you!

How can you contribute to the conversation?

• Are there gaps in existing research?
• Can you approach a topic from a new angle or perspective?

Picking a topic is research, too!

This video (3 minutes) describes the process of choosing and testing out a topic. See more tips below the video, too!

Video posted on YouTube by North Carolina State University Libraries under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license.

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American Decades