Strategies for Finding a Topic

There are many ways to find ideas for open-topic research projects:

• • Talk with a librarian, your professor, or your classmates

  • Read through some general news sites like newsweek.com Links to an external site. , huffingtonpost.com Links to an external site., nytimes.com Links to an external site. or bbc.com Links to an external site.

If you have a particular academic field or discipline in mind while brainstorming your topic (like the sciences or the humanities), you might want to check out some of the current news for that field. Associations, organizations, and publications can be a good place to look for that information.

See this Subject-Specific Brainstorming page Links to an external site. made by librarians for ideas about subject-specific topic resources.