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Long Description: The Research Process

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The Research Process

Orient

Gather background information to have a basic understanding of the topic.

Question

Get curious about the topic. What questions do you have?

Explore

Perform initial searches to see what questions have already been answered about the topic.

Focus

Narrow your topic to a single research question that has not already been answered and perform more focused searches.

Evaluate

Review the sources you've found by digging deeper into each source and asking more questions.

Share

Compose your results and share them to contribute to the conversations on the topic.