Need help with any of these steps? Ask a librarian or try the Forming Your Search Strategy worksheet in the Important Forms box.
Pick a topic that you are intersted in or that is relevant to you whenever possible. Need ideas? Try doing a broad search in one of the education databases on one or more of these subject areas:
Find additional subjects by browsing the Thesaurus in the ERIC database. Take a look at the articles for something that catches your eye and take a look at the Subjects listed under the citation information in your results list. These Subjects can give you search terms to use to narrow your search down. You can also combine other search terms such as:
"reading difficulties" and autism
or
"reading motivation" and "middle school" and students