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Research Guide for Business Writing Essentials (355:203)

Identifying a need or opportunity

These are some resources that will help you explore potential topics related to a need or opportunity. Search and browse, see what sparks your interest. This is an important part of the research process, and it's fun. Be flexible and keep an open mind. Your topic may change as you explore.

Access World News
  Covers newspapers, magazines, and news wires across the world. You can search and also click Suggested Topics or even Hot Topics.

CQ Researcher
  Focuses on topics considered newsworthy or issues of broad interest to the general public.

Sage Reference
  A large collection of authoritative encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks in a broad range of subjects.

Research Guides
  Other research guides from Rutgers Libraries, browsable by subject.

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