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Ideas for Research Topics

If you're having difficulty coming up with an idea for your research paper, the following resources may spark some ideas.  Remember, these are just suggestions to get your brain unfrozen -- don't limit yourself to these specific topics.  Be creative and give the paper you write your own personal spin.

Once you've decided on a specific topic, you may find additional information by searching the UCF Library catalog for books and various databases for articles.   Some of the popular general databases for articles include Academic Search Premier, Infotrac OneFile, and OmniFile Full Text.

Contemporary Issues Research Guide provides some guidance for researching popular topics in the UCF Library's resources.

Keywords, organizations, key people and web sites to use in researching 144 topics are available in Successful Keyword Searching: Initiating Research on Popular Topics Using Electronic Databases by Randall & Susan MacDonald [REF ZA4460.M33 2001].

Other Resources:

Resources available for remote access to users with a public library card with the Orange County Library System:

Looking for something else ?

Ask for assistance at the UCF Library's Reference Desk or contact UCF's Ask A Librarian.

Originally prepared by:  Rich Gause, Government Documents Librarian

Last Updated: January 30, 2008