We are going to use a sample topic to show how you might come up with keywords. For this example, we will use the topic:
"Alcohol abuse on college campus."
We will start by circling our two keywords or key concepts:
So we are starting with the keywords 'alcohol abuse' and 'college campus'. This is a very broad topic, we will probably find a lot of articles, and we will need to narrow our topic down. So we will need to add a third keyword. Let's say that we are interested in treatment. So now our topic might be:
"The Treatment of alcohol abuse on college campus."
Example topic: The treatment of alcohol abuse on college campuses.
|
KEYWORD |
SYNONYM-narrow |
SYNONYM-broaden |
RELATED TERM |
|
Treatment |
Alcohol detox, Alcohol detoxification, Alcohol Treatment |
Intervention, Therapy |
Detox, Detoxification, Suport, Al-Anon |
|
Alcohol abuse
|
Alcoholism, Alcohol addiction, Alcohol dependence |
Alcohol |
Alcohol use, Addiction |
|
College Campus |
Living on Campus, Living in Dormitories |
College, University, Campus |
Higher Education, Dormatories |
Step 1: Identify keywords.
Step 2: Identify synonyms.
Step 3: Identify related terms by thinking of both broader and narrower ideas.
