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GGRC33 The Toronto Region

This guide will help students in GGRC33 with finding journal articles, newspaper articles, and credible policy documents for their staff report assignment.

Narrowing a Topic

This short video demonstrates to students how to develop an appropriate topic for a research paper by considering goals, approaches, topic scope and helpful resources.

(Georgian College Library, 2016)

What, Who, Where, When and Why/How of Your Topic

What

Social media

Advertising

Donations

Interpersonal relationships
Who 

Health care practitioners, charity

Men, student/teen, women, Aboriginal people, children
Where

Canada, Ontario
When Last 5 years
Why/How

How can health practitioners use social media to promote health?

What type of social media advertising is most effective for increasing donations to a charity?

What factors influence teen to prefer one social media platform more than another?

How does frequent use of social media impact interpersonal relationships?

Watch the next video for step by step process on doing background research, where to search, and the type of information you will need to collect from your background research such as the who, what, where, when that will help you narrow your topic. 

(Choose a Topic, Conestoga College Library, 2017)