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Emergency Management

Keywords

What is your research topic?

Once you have made a decision, you should generate keywords. Keywords are search terms that you use when searching for information about your topic. The above video explains how you can write keywords. Watch it, then continue reading this section.

Let's pose an example: you're writing about disaster recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Your keywords could include:

  • foreign animal disease
  • foreign animal disease and mitigation
  • livestock diseases

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