Picking a topic requires research. Ideas for topics can come from course material and popular sources like newspapers, magazines, podcasts, and even social media. Start by browsing some of your regular information sources and readings for ideas. You may want to take the concepts you are seeing to an academic book or encyclopedia. It is possible that you decide to change your topic along the way.
Using a concept map can help with narrowing ideas and focusing vocabulary for keyword searching.
Once you decide on a topic and have a research question, determine the keywords you will use to find more information in academic and professional sources.
