CHS 202: Race, Racism and Critical Thinking

• Make broad topics more focused
• Topical focus makes research manageable
• Your keywords should reflect the intersection of multiple topics 

• Broad Topics = Media, Violence, Children
• Narrower Topic = Violence in the media
• Focused Topic = Media violence and children

The intersection of your broad topics is your research focus. When searched together, these terms will yield more relevant results. 

From your broad topics, build a vocabulary of similar or related search terms you can substitute if needed when searching online...

• media: television, film, music
• violence: violation, offense, crime
• children: teens, adolescents

These are your search terms you will use to locate information resources. Consult a thesaurus to add synonyms to these terms, if necessary.

Chicano

Chicanos

Chicana

Chicanas

Chicanx

Latino 

Latinos

Latina

Latinas

Latinx 

Latine

Mexican-American

Central American 

South American