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CHAPTER CHECKLIST
THE RESEARCH PROCESS MODEL
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
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS







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