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Stage 1 Guide to Academic Library Research

Stage 3: Focusing

Focusing Technique
As your research continues, adjust your focus as needed. If you seem to be finding too much information, it is probably too broad; if you’re finding too little, your topic may have become too narrow. In either case, feel free to talk it over with a librarian!

To help get to your focused topic, you might want to try a research-oriented focusing technique like the focusing grid.

How does the focusing grid work?

 

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