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BUSAD 218 - Business Law

Learn to develop your topic, recognize credible sources, and find relevant information for your business law research projects

Background Reading @MJC

You really need to begin your research by learning about your topic. Doing so will help you evaluate and refine your topic before you delve into exploring it fully and gathering your sources. You need to gain an understanding of your topic before you can decide exactly what about it interests you.

Preliminary Reading to Evaluate and Refine Topics Evaluate your topic’s potential. Does the topic hold your attention? Is the reading what you expected? Is it relevant & engaging? Are there enough appropriate sources to support the project? Refine your topic. What are the major issues surrounding the topic? How do other researchers and writers engage with your topic? What specific aspect of the topic appeals to you? Preliminary reading starting places: Wikipedia, YouTube, Gale eBooks, Issues and Controversies, CQ Researcher, Access World News, Gale in Context: Global Issues

 

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Creating Research Questions

Creating Research Questions Why research questions? Outline the flow of your paper: introduction, body, conclusion. Create targeted search queries to quickly find the most useful sources. Track the sources you've found vs. those sources you still need to find. Sample Introduction questions 1. What is your topic? 2. Why is your topic an important issue? 3. What background information is necessary to understand your topic? Sample body questions What caused your topic? What are the effects of your topic? What are the arguments FOR your topic? What are the arguments AGAINST your topic? What is being done to address your topic? Sample conclusion questions What conclusions can you make about your topic and why have you come to those conclusions? What can you argue about your topic and why are those arguments valid? What should be done to address your topic and why? To begin answering your questions, please visit: mjc.edu/library

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Think of research questions as a grocery list designed to guide you through a huge “store” of information. This list will allow you to efficiently locate and retrieve the most relevant knowledge possible to support your thesis, prevent you from getting off track as you sift through large quantities of information, and even help keep you organized as you begin writing. Your list of questions may change and/or expand as your research progresses.

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