Water in the Law and Environmental Sciences in Six Weeks or More
Step Two: Narrowing My Research Topic
Our college provides reference librarians to assist you with this. Here is an excerpt of a conversation I recently had with one of our Librarian:
Librarian: So what interests you about water and law, Amanda.
Amanda: Pollution and rights mainly
Librarian: That's a huge topic, anything specific you have in mind
Amanda: I like cows.
Librarian: That's a start. Well, how much do you know about water, cows, and the law?
Amanda:...
Librarian: Maybe you should start there. I'd do keyword searches in Summit until you narrow your topic a bit more. Then you can use government documents and such to narrow down your project...
She then walked me through how to use all the specialized databases that I would need for my search.
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