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If you need ideas for a research paper topic, here are three suggestions:

• Use the Idea Generator.
• Within any library research database, click on the Wordlist, Subject Guide, Index, Thesaurus--or Visual Search (in EBSCOhost databases) for topic ideas. Enter a word or phrase to see an array of related or more specific subjects.
  [Go to Databases (restricted to ODU students, faculty, staff) from the library's home page.]
• At a nearby library, try to find a copy of a book such as What Can I Write About? or An Index of Ideas for Writers and Speakers.

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