VPAA12H3: Developing Audience, Resources, and Community

First, develop your research question: What are you trying to answer?

In order to develop keywords, look at the nouns within you research questions - persons, places, and things. You can also think about the 5Ws: 

• Who
• What
• When
• Where
• Why

List keywords that relate each concept in your research (use a thesaurus, course readings, or lecture notes for ideas).

For example: "Is there a significant relationship between openness and employee performance?"

Keywords:

• openness = open, intellectual, curious, thoughtful, creative
• performance = evaluation, achievement

In order to refine your search, you will have narrow your topic. Here is a quick video that explains the process refining your research topic:

Generating Keywords

Research Question: How does Disney represent gender roles in the films it creates?