ENG 111 & 112 Course Playbook

• Narrowing a topic means making it more specific. When you narrow your topic, searching for sources is easier and more effective.

Cats --- Cat diseases --- Feline leukemia --- Treatments for feline leukemia

• Practice: Try to narrow these topics on your own:

Weather --- winter weather -- snow --- snow sports -- skiing

Cars -- Sports cars -- Italian sports cars -- Ferrari -- Ferrari features

• Narrowing a topic helps you identify terms to use for searching

Topic: Treatments for feline leukemia

Search terms:  "feline leukemia" AND treatments

• Practice: Which of the topics below is the narrowest? Which is the broadest?
  • Mars exploration
  • space exploration
  • cost vs. benefits of exploring Mars