Research is iterative and depends upon asking increasingly complex or new questions whose answers in turn develop additional questions or lines of inquiry in any field.
Everything is not known & you should always question the authority of fact & history because that is how new information is created!
What is the difference between searching & researching for answers?
(Google) Search for concrete answers
For example, What is the capital of France? Paris!
Research questions with nuanced answers
Formulate answers by combining & recombining information & facts from a variety of credible sources
How do you develop research questions?
Start with what is known, then ask a question about that fact.
When that question is answered, ask a question about that new fact.
Continue until you formulate a question which cannot easily be answered.
Give it a try!
Use Credo and/or ProQuest (in the links below) to follow these instructions:
Research, What is global warming?
Find a definition for the term
Using that definition, create a question about global warming
For example, What causes global warming?
Research possible causes of global warming
Use one possible cause to create a question about how it may contribute to global warming
For example, How does increased CO2 contribute to global warming?
Research possible solutions to countering increases in CO2
For example, Would planting more trees help control CO2 levels?
Continue down this path until you discover a research question which is not easily answered.
Once you find that research question, you should then be ready to use these research questions to write your research paper!
