Planning a research

It is not easy to do a research. We must plan it carefully, so the result is the best answer for the question.

Step in planning a research :
1. Analyse the question
Don't do it aimlessley, we need to analyse deeply, what is our purpose, what is the question. After we understand what is the question and what we want to write, then we will have the main idea or headings of the questions. Write down your headings, as a first step before we start research. I can keep your research on track, follow the headings.

2. Using books and libraries
Good researcher, they will take an aggresive action to mining the information they want. When writing a research essay, we rarely have enough time to read all the book. So, just look at the table of content, and book's index, find out the key words that fit with our topic, then read only that passages in text where the words occur. Collect all the sources and arrange them good in a filling cabinet. It make you easier when you need to read them for future information.

* Computer and database systems
There has been a lot of computer database available through internet. We can find the newest book, or journal, which is up to date, current issues.

* Primary and secondary resource
Secondary resource is written by people who have only a second-hand knowledge of the subject. They compile all the work done by who have direct experience, it also called literature review.

3. Reading and absorbing
After collect all the sources, we start our reading and absorbing. Don't read too quick, because we are not skimming, or looking for key words, we need to understand and absorb what is the idea of the author.

4. Start writing
Start to write the thesis, and we will discuss it later.

Hope that this information can help you to plan your research.