Chapter 2!

Chapter 2 of the Bedford Researcher deals with exploring and focusing on a topic/issue for research.  The chapter says to make a plan of attack for exploring a topic, including finding and reviewing sources.  The second part of the chapter was about focusing on a topic, specific conversations within a topic, and disagreements within the conversation.  Putting together the topic and disagreements, your interests, the suitability for an assignment, and the available sources should form a good research thesis to work on.

First off, I recognize that my summary might be a bit short.  Oops.  While reading this chapter I learned that my first topic that I wanted to work with, but then thought flawed, isn't.  My first thesis was "More adults are joining the Catholic church".  But my initial research found articles that support the thesis, but others that argued against.  I thought that this was a problem.  But!  That disagreement is what I want and the goal of my paper is to prove that I'm right.  Yay!  The chapter also spoke on recording search results, which was not an idea I'd actively put into use before, but that trail of breadcrumbs IS necessary for good research.