FINDING THE X-FACTOR:SELECTING A NOVEL AND RELEVANT RESEARCH TOPICModule 1Week 2Supplement 6

Goals and Objectives

On completion of this exercise, you will be able to:

1. Identify a relevant research topic2. Browse research literature to select a relevant research

question. 3. Pitch an idea to team members

Where do I begin?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/top_news/top_science/

Obtain Primary ReferenceDebra A. Brock, Silven Read, Alona Bozhchenko, David C. Queller, Joan E. Strassmann. Social amoeba farmers carry defensive symbionts to protect and privatize their crops. Nature Communications, 2013; 4 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3385

Library Guide – BIO399

http://libguides.bethel.edu/bio399

How do I find the next new research question in a given field?

Read the discussion section of the paper!

Authors will often speculate about future directions