ENGL 2010: Wilderness and Population Growth  Tags: english 2010 pbl wilderness  

How should we deal with the growth of towns and human populations into wilderness areas?

In answering this question, try to focus on issues relevant and specific to your academic discipline. Your first step is to identify some of the issues and then decide which search tools and articles will be useful for your bibliography.

As you examine your sources, it can helpful to ask yourself the following questions:

1. What kind of information did you find? Was it current or historical? In-depth or a good background summary?


2. What are some of the issues you identified that require further research?


3. What were some of your successful search terms?


4. Evaluate the usefulness of the recommended sources for the purpose of finding good background information and more in-depth research for your bibliography.

In developing a research question, try to pick one which is broad enough to be easily researched yet not so broad as to be unmanageable. For example, if you were writing a research paper on Shakespeare's Hamlet, trying to write on the entire play would likely be very difficult for a three to five page paper. Conversely, writing on a single soliloquy or scene might not be a broad enough topic. You could, however, likely write a good paper by focusing on a single character (i.e. Hamlet) or theme (i.e. suicide).

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