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ENGL B1A: Food: Getting Started

For Rebecca Monks ENGL B1A

Welcome

Before you start your research, you need to create a narrow research topic or question that fits the scope of your assignment.  You also need search terms that describe your topic so that you can use them to find sources for your topic. This page will help you do these things.

Possible Topics

Search the library catalog for a specific topic by entering one of the following topics. The links below will take you to OneSearch. 

Eating disorders (you can also search by specific disorder) 
Factory farms
Food                                                                                                      
Food additives                                                                                           
Food adulteration                                                                                      
Food contamination                                                                                 
Food habits                                                                                              
Food industry
Food insecurity   
                                                                   
Food waste    
Genetically modified foods   
Junk food
Meat industry 
Nutrition                                                                                        
Processed food
School lunch

Sustainable
agriculture 
Vegetarianism

 

Pre-Search Video

Examples of Narrowing Down Your Topic

Use the last column to help you develop your research question.  

Research Question=the question your paper is trying to answer

Narrowing Your Topics

Developing Search Terms

Further Topic Narrowing Help