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Finding Background Information
Use these sources to gain familiarity with your topic, narrow your research question, provide context, and identify experts.
- Find It @ USC LibrariesSearch for articles, books, and more or limit to USC Libraries collection.
Writing a Research Question
In the health sciences, the PICO model can be used to write a research question. PICO is an acronym which stands for:
P: population, patient, or problem
I: intervention
C: comparison
O: outcome