Narrowing Your Topic

Most topics need to be narrowed or focused. For example, "laptops" is not specific enough to be a good topic for your assignment. Researchers usually focus on a very specific area of a topic to conduct their study. For example, a researcher looking at laptops might focus on cooling fans, heat pipe cooling, processors, screens, or wireless security. Therefore, you will need to focus your search to find primary research articles. You may choose to focus on a specific aspect of your topic, such as heat pipe cooling in laptops, or, in some cases, you may decide to piece together research articles on a variety of aspects.

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