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About Research Questions

A well-formulated research question:

  • starts your entire search process
  • provides focus for your searches
  • guides the selection of literature sources

You may need to find answers to background questions (i.e. about general knowledge) before forming a research question.

Learn more about how to develop research topics into a researchable question.
https://guides.library.vcu.edu/lit-review/question
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