Preparing for Success

Analyse your essay question to identify key concepts (keywords) for your topic:

• What is the overall topic the task is asking you to address? (Identify keywords that describe the main ideas in the topic)
• What specific sub-topic within that bigger topic do I need to focus on? (Identify narrower terms or terms related to your specific focus)
• Add to the list of keywords with alternative keywords, synonyms, related words.
• More information on analysing your assessment, look under the section Preparing for Assessments, from the Learning Zone Quick Guides.

Write down the keywords and alternative keywords - use them in different combinations in your searches  

Credo reference - is a collection of dictionaries and encyclopedias.

Search your concepts to understand your topic better and use the mind map feature to locate related topics and keywords.