The second chapter of The Bedford Researcher, which is titled Exploring and Focusing, is again split into two halves. The first half goes into exploring the topic that has been chosen for your research topic. This half begins with creating a plan for the topic chosen, which includes gathering people who know about the topic and discussing the topic with them. The first half of the chapter then goes into looking through many different places, such as libraries, bookstores, and online databases for more information on your topic, as well as to take notes from each of your sources.
The second half of the chapter then goes into focusing on your topic. This half begins with trying to find repeated ideas between your different sources, such as central concepts, broad themes, and disagreements that occur within your sources. The chapter continues with reassessing your interest in the issues raised within the sources that you have been looking through. The chapter closes with choosing which of the issues raised from your sources would be good choices to discuss in your paper, and has the reader take into consideration a number of evaluations for which issues would be better, such as readers interest in the issue or if the issue is appropriate topic for the project.
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