Library: Research Skills: Brainstorming

Quick Tips

Brainstorming is a way to quickly generate many ideas about a topic or question. Keywords are a great way to being brainstorming

Look at your assignment question or topic and highlight keywords
Brainstorm a list of word and phrases that have a similar meaning to these keywords
You can then use these keywords to search for information on your topic

Helpful resources

Assignment planner steps, Deakin University
Step by step approach to planning an assignment

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Developing Keywords, University of Houston Libraries

What are keywords and why are they important?, University of Houston Libraries

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