LIB 30010 Lecture 5: Applied Research

• School: Kent State University
• Department: University Libraries
• Course: LIB 30010
• Professor: Greg W.Byerly

Document Summary

Any gathering of data, information and facts for the advancement of knowledge. : at it"s simplest; research can be anything that requires you to seek out information. , careful or diligent search, studious inquiry or examination; especially: investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws, the collecting of information about a particular subject, to study {something) thoroughly so as to present in a detailed, accurate manner; researching the effects of acid rain. Types of research: scientific research, application of the scientific method, a harnessing of curiosity, this research provides scientific information and theories for the explanation of the nature and the properties of the world around us, historical research, embodied in the historical method.