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• VIRGIL: Choose a Module
• 1. Keywords
• 2. Book Catalog
• 3. Databases
• 4. Internet
• 5. Citing Works

VIRGIL 3.0: Online Research Tutorial

1.1: Narrowing and Limiting your Topic

Take an idea: "Movie censorship is wrong."

You can limit your topic by choosing just one of its possible aspects:

For example, try exploring just the legal, scientific, social, economic, or ethical issues related to your topic.

A good method is to ask questions about the idea.

next: Using a Research Question to Narrow your Topic