LIBR1101 Research as Inquiry

1. Task Definition
Step #1

2.  What is the Internet?

3. 1. Task Definition
 1.1 Define the problem
 1.2 Identify the information needed (to
solve the problem)
 What’s the task?
 What types of information do I need?

4. For the best answers,
ask tough questions.
 What is my assignment?
 What do I need to know?
 What am I interested in?
 What am I supposed to learn?
 What is my problem?
 What am I being asked to do?

5. Asking ESSENTIAL questions
 Questions that probe for deeper meaning
and set the stage for further questioning.
 The inquiry on which research is founded,
sometimes called the central question or
research question.
Fairfield Ward High School. (200&0. Glossary. Retrieved December 13, 2007, from
http://www.fairfield.k12.ct.us/wardehs/cwardehs03/glossary.htm

6.  major issues
 problems
 concerns
 interests
 themes relevant
 good essential questions are open-ended,
non-judgmental, meaningful and
purposeful

7. Task Definition Chart
 Task Definition Chart

8. Identifying Topics
Concept Maps
Brainstorming
Webbing
Graphic Organizers
Journaling
Reading Background Information
text, journals, lecture notes,
communicating with your professor

9. Identify Your Main Focus
 Television
 Children

10. Exploring Your Topic
 Who?
 What?
 When?
 Where?
 Why?
 How?

11. But What Do You Really Want?
Use a graphic organizer to
identify your main topic
(center circle) & related
ideas (outer circles)

12. The “Final” Topic
 Identifying Keywords