RESEARCH+STEPS+TO+SUCCESS


 * RESEARCH STEPS TO SUCCESS **

When you are solving an information problem of answering a research question, you follow a research process or research steps. It is like climbing steps to your answers.

The first step is [|preparing for research]. This is the step where you brainstorm ideas and possible sources of information; narrow your topic to make it manageable; and plan how you are going to do your research.

The second step is [|accessing resources]. This is the step where you decide what sources of information will be best; find them; and locate the information in them that might be helpful in answering your information question.

The third step is [|processing information]. This is the step where you look closely at the information from your sources; decide what is important; and take notes. Then you organize your information; make sense of it; and develop your own ideas about it.

The fourth step to successfully solving your information problem is to [|transfer your learning]. This is the step where you take your ideas and the information that helped you come to them and plan, create and present to other people, your findings and solutions. Sandra Hughes (2010). Accessed 10-9-11 from //Research Helper// www3.sympatico.ca/sandra.hughes/research/researchs.html

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