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Breaking Up Your Topic with the Right Keywords

Research question: Should we restrict the amount of violence the media is able to portray?

Break up your research question into keywords that represent the main concepts:

Search for each keyword, connected with an 'AND', indicating you want results that discuss all the concepts:

violence AND media AND restrictions

In many databases, they provide three lines for you, for three different concepts:

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