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After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Explain why the research process starts with identifying the research problem.
- Develop a preliminary question from a topic or issue.
- Explain why a preliminary question is superior to a topic in conducting library research.
- Evaluate preliminary questions for their completeness and clarity.
- Conduct a basic and detailed library search.
- Identify and use communication discipline indexes and databases.
- Adjust your preliminary question based on what you have found in the library search.
- Glean the basic ideas from reading the abstract, literature review, and discussion sections of a research article.
- Track a citation back to its original source.
- Effectively summarize and report what you have found in the library.
- Describe what a theory is and its role in communication research.
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