Test the main concepts or keywords in your topic by looking them up in the appropriate background sources or by using them as search terms in the search machines and in periodical indexes.

• If you are finding too much information and too many sources, narrow your topic by using the and operator: ICT and education and college students, for example.
• Finding too little information may indicate that you need to broaden your topic. For example, look for information on students, rather than college students. Link synonymous search terms with or: ICT or New technology or Internet …. Using truncation with search terms also broadens the search and increases the number of items you find.

IMPORTANT: After finishing this first part you will be able to

-          have a clear idea about your topic

-          Set up Objectives:  (SMART rule)

-          Do a first approach to the secondary sources