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Analyzing Your Topic (Texas A&M)
http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/invention.html
Checklist of things to consider in choosing a topic.
 
The Essay - Narrowing Your Topic (U Victoria)
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssayNarrowTopics.html
 
The Art of Research Questions (Houston CC)
http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us/system/library/Center/Lobby/Question.html
This article, written by a librarian, argues eloquently for the use of a "question" rather than a "topic" when starting work on a research paper and gives tips for framing the question to be researched.

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