When you conduct research on the Internet you generally have two main goals. First, you want relevant search results so that you can find the information you need for your paper.

However, a second important goal is to refine your topic, perhaps making it more narrow and thus increasing your chances of writing a strong, unified paper.

The video below demonstrates how to accomplish these goals online with a topic like “Internet communications in a democracy.”

http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/web/refine_topic/refine_topic.html