This is, arguably, the most important step in the research process. You need to narrow your broad topic and form a focus from the information you found in the Exploration stage. This will make the next step much more manageable!
Writing your research question before you collect resources will help you clarify your focus and identify what you are looking for.
Steely Library NKU. “Developing a Research Question.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 28 Jul. 2014. Web. Mar. 2016.
Instead of using sentences or questions to search for resources, you'll use keywords to tell the databases or search engine EXACTLY what you want to find.
What are keywords and why do we need them? Find out here:
