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"...
research is never completed ... Around the corner lurks another
possibility of interview, another book to read, a courthouse to
explore, a document to verify."
--Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)
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Finding
the right balance between the broader or narrower terms for your
topic is like using the right bait on your line to catch (and
release) that illusive fish. The terms you identify and use to
search for information will determine the quality and usefulness
of the information you retrieve. Here is an example of some broader
(more general) and narrower (more specific) terms for this topic:
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BroaderTerms
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Narrower
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Technology
Technology & Society
Technological Change
Technology
in the Workplace
Telecommuting |
Some writers prefer
to brainstorm ideas and terms using a cluster or word webbing
technique. Here is an example of a word web or cluster for the
topic
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