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Define your research question or topic
Understand your focus to keep from getting sidetracked
by irrelevant results.
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What is the impact of air quality on children with asthma?
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Pick out 2-3 core concepts
Avoid non-descriptive words that may not show results
relevant to your main topic.
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What is the impact of air quality on children with asthma?
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Identify 1 or 2 synonyms for core concepts
Authors may use a different word for a concept than you identified.
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"air quality" = "air pollution"
children = youth, adolescents
asthma = asthmatics
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