Guide to Library Research
Mary Livermore Library
Unit 1: Developing a Topic
Idea Generators
Are you still stumped? Consider consulting a topic generator, which lists words often used to describe current issues. You can use the words by themselves or combine topics. Here is just one list from a topic generator maintained by Old Dominion University:
Arts & Humanities
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cappella pops Abominable Snowman (Sasquatch, Bigfoot) Abstract Expressionism African-Americans on the frontier afterlife agnosticism aliens amphitheaters amusement parks ancient cultures ancient musical instruments angels animal testing, ethics of animation art glass art of autobiography Arts & Crafts movement atonement bagpipes Basque language & culture Bayeux tapestry beatniks bebop to hip-hop carillons carnivals & circuses carousels castrati censorship Chautauqua cheating civility in the cell phone era cloning ethics comic strips concrete poetry |
gargoyles ghosts global security Gnostics goddesses: strong and beautiful Golum Gothic cathedral graphic novels The Great Awakening Guerrilla Girls Gullah dialect gypsies Harlem Renaissance heaven Hinduism Hip Hop culture hippies historic preservation history of the tuba, piano, etc. Holy Grail icons immortality incarnation Indigo children Ironclads Islam jazz in the 21st century Kabuki theater karma kinetic sculpture kissing customs klezmer music labyrinth in religion lace |
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trends organ transplant ethics otherkin paganism papacy plagiarism The Plague poltergeists post-modern architecture pyramids raku pottery rap music's effect on morals "reality" tv--realistic? reincarnation right to privacy rose windows saxophone in the symphony Scientology scordatura in lute music serial music shipwrecks Should priests be allowed to marry? similarity of myths across cultures slang slanting in journalism snake-handling in religious practice the soul speakeasy special effects in movies Stonehenge suicide Sunday symbolism synthesizers |