Academic Inquiry

Narrow down the subject (topic) to a central theme that includes researchable terms.

Remember that before you can begin your research, you need to narrow down the subject (topic) to a central theme that includes researchable terms. Need a review?

Once you have a central theme and have done some inspectional reading, you are ready to begin searching for the purpose of academic inquiry.

You will need to use more refined searching techniques as you progress to this next level of research.

This includes using authoritative sources, grouping your search terms and using boolean operators.

Watch this video to learn more about these searching techniques.

Academic inquiry involves formulating an answer to an open-ended research question.

Ethical Use