How To Narrow Your Research Topic

So, you're finally getting to work on that term paper and you're stuck trying to write about a topic that is so huuuuuge it could literally fill a 10-volume book series. Time to narrow that topic down! Get out the hatchet, and start chopping!! In this video I give you some advice for ways to think about creating the smallest possible version of your research topic. I walk through the narrowing process using a concrete example: democratization and education.

Some useful resource links:
UNF Library: https://www.unf.edu/library/
Research 101:    • Research 101: FIVE Launch Pads to Sta...  
Primary vs Secondary Sources:    • Primary vs. Secondary Sources  
3 Parts of an Academic Paper:    • THREE Parts of an Academic Paper  
How to Do In-Text Citations:    • How to do In-Text Citations  

Some useful data site links:
Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/
Human Development Index: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-...
Democracy Index (2019): https://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-i...
Varieties of Democracy: https://www.v-dem.net/en/
Fragile States Index: https://fragilestatesindex.org/