Research skill has been one of the fun, enjoyable and creative expertise where I learned so many tricks in which help me a lot to become a better researcher. This isn’t about hacking Google or different sources to get the information we want.
But what research is actually mean is, when you actually run out of idea and don’t know something and you need to know about it, so you need to find the inside story about it.
There are different kind of research a Scientific research and a Literature research.
- Scientific research is you doing your own research and do the data collection.
- Literature research is when you do reading studies/accounts from others people.
So, why do you want to do research? That’s because:
- To learn more about the topic
- To gather evidence to build an argument
- To make connections between one idea and one another
- To contribute something new to the “scholarly conversation”
When you are doing research, do you think it hard to find the information you want directly?
This are some tips that will help you! Are you ready? :
1. Using five Ws (When, What, Where, Why, Who) and one H (How) to ask about the topic you want to research.
2. Using Boolean Operators – AND, OR, and NOT: Cambodia and Southeast Asia
3. Using Boolean Searching – Phrase searching: “Liger Leadership Academy”
4. Using credible source such as: .gov, .edu, || warning: Don’t trust Wikipedia but it can be the first link to start your research.
5. Using Google Scholar, it is free and you may get what you looking for!