How to do proper Research to identify the topic

3 replies
10 minutes spent with Google searching one topic does not make research adequate. Research demand proper skills and it is not very hard. It may seem vast to you. Going through different citation and sources may seem easy. You will get master by going through the step by step guide on how to do proper research.



The topic you have selected for the research requires facts and figures. Research demand time and patience. You need better time for research topics such as medicine, animal care, gun control or politics. You simply cannot copy and paste the links from Wiki.

So win the argument which you conclude during the research. Legitimate research is research with a specific reason. You will be able to achieve the depth of the topic. There are more than 100 billion pages published on the website. All of the pages are not worth mentioning on the research.

So you need to use reliable filtering methods to be consistent with the research. You have to develop critical thinking to disbelieve the arguments. Internet may contain illogical arguments. Do not use the data which is not validated through any sour

Most of the time the colleges provide a list of subjects and let you select the topic of your choice. Sometimes you are free to select the topic of any area. Just pick an angle of focus to keep the research curious. In the beginning stages of research, you have to focus on the topic.

Decide the topic research level

There are two types of research level. Hard and soft or both. The hard or soft research levels have different proof and consists of various data. You just need to decide the topic and then use your strategy. To find the most reliable sources for the results. You will realize that whether the nature of the problem is hard or soft.
·
  • The hard research will describe the objective research by proven figures, facts, and various evidence. This research may be critical in nature, and every resource needs to be credible.
  • In soft research, the topics will be subjective and mostly opinion based. It will be less analyzed especially by the readers.
  • Combined research demands most of the research work which will broaden the facts related to the topic. You have to find the figures and hard facts to make the opinions strong. The political and the economy topics are the examples of hybrid research.



How to do proper Research with reliable online content

The hard research topics need hard facts and figures to be studied with proper evidence. For the better research, you will need content from experts, skilled people, and scholars. The content needs to be verified. The possible content areas for the hard research will be
  • Academic journals
  • Government experts and published articled
  • Archived News
  • Medical content and the logical content
  • The non-government websites
  • Archived news available on the internet

Use search engines and different keywords



Now the primary work starts by searching the content through the various search engines. Try to use a different blend of keywords for searching. Use the broad study through the different popular directories. Keep on narrowing the research through google or ask.co. It is important to perform and deepen the results through various keywords related to the topic. You can also go beyond Google for more specific researched such as
  • Internet Archive
  • Scirus is good for scientific research
  • Surfwax is knowledge focuses
  • Government Library of Congress

Bookmark the good content



It is an important step on how to do proper Research. However, the step is simple, but the whole process is very slow and demands time and patience. Just organize all the content and bookmark them accordingly. Repeat the process to find dozens of bookmark because research requires good and broad range of content.
Just go through the content quickly before saving them because it will help to eliminate the duplicate content

Validation of content

It is one of the slowest steps because you have to filter all the content. It is one of the important steps in research. The resources you will use for your research must be validated should withstand the research.


  • Just carefully consider the source or author with the certified credentials. Do check the authority and check the domain name. A strong domain name will make your research deep and obscure.
  • Be suspicious of the personal blogs and the web content. Many of the websites contain grammar mistakes, spelling errors and prove to be an unserious resource. So do care the quality of the published content.
  • You have to be suspicious if you find over positive rating or too many negative comments. There might be a risk that the content must contain the fraudulent writings or dishonesty.

Support your argument

You might have spent many hours performing the searching. It is the time to give your research an argument. Until now you have just learned something which has opened your mind or thoughts. Just make an informed opinion if you have to publish a report or thesis for the professor.
Cite the content
There is no specific or universal standard for citing the content. You will find enough resources from the internet to quote your data accurately. The most popular citations are MLA and APA. If you are doing research for your college, then they will mention the citation details for the thesis paper.

Friendly browser

The process of researching is slow and time-consuming, so you may need many tools to support your research. So use a good browser which contains many features to save and bookmark the content.

Good luck
You have found the way on How to do proper Research? If you will do a good and make a decent start then, the further process will get easier. So be confident and motivated to support your argument in the research. Take pleasure in the good content. Good luck with your research.
#identify #proper #research #topic
  • Profile picture of the author luma74
    gracias por este excelente post ,muchisimas gracias ;ahora a buscar mi contenido
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10806766].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author davismiller097
    Your good post gave me a very good clue about my research title
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10806791].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author vovanfree
    I totally agreed on you . topic searching is the only hard work to catch decent traffic shortly.If you will write some thing on unique topic you will be on first page in no time.While I also suggest warriors to use traffic travis and google trends to find best topics.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10808814].message }}

Trending Topics