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xu.tutor: Defining the Question

Description:

This tutorial will help you focus your research topic and identify its key concepts.

Table of Contents:

  1. Formulating the research question
  2. Identifying concepts
  3. Identifying similar terms
  4. Searching by keyword
  5. Searching by keyword > Advantages
  6. Searching by keyword > Disadvantages
  7. Searching by subject
  8. Searching by subject> Advantages
  9. Searching by subject > Disadvantages
  10. Using thesaurus terms
  11. Reviewing keyword, subject, and thesaurus term searching
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