IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH PROBLEM Formulating Research Ideas Turning Topics Into Preliminary Questions Evaluating Your Questions
USING LIBRARY AND DATABASE RESOURCES Library Resources TRY THIS! Developing Initial Questions to Guide the Research Process Library Search Strategies TRY THIS! Searching the Research Literature . . . Other Reference and Database Resources Getting Resources From the Web Adjusting the Question DESIGN CHECK: Reader Beware
READING SCHOLARLY ARTICLES AND BOOKS 27 AN ETHICAL ISSUE: Using the Ideas of Others Identifying Primary Ideas and Conclusions DESIGN CHECK: Evaluating the Literature You Found Tracking Others' References Summarizing What You Have Found
THE ROLE OF THEORY IN RESEARCH Developing Theory TRY THIS! Finding Theory in Journal Articles Theory-Research Link
CONTINUING WITH THE RESEARCH PROCESS
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