The topic

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Analyzing Your Topic (Texas A&M)

http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/invention.html

Checklist of things to consider in choosing a topic.

 

The Essay - Narrowing Your Topic (U Victoria)

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssayNarrowTopics.html

 

The Art of Research Questions (Houston CC)

http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us/system/library/Center/Lobby/Question.html

This article, written by a librarian, argues eloquently for the use of a "question" rather than a "topic" when starting work on a research paper and gives tips for framing the question to be researched.