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Strategies for conducting research in the 21st century we have more information and knowledge instantaneously at our fingertips than could have been imagined 100 50 or even 30 years ago figuring out how to wade through all of that information can be daunting. The research process step 1 exploring your research idea and constructing your search if you know you are interested in doing research in a broad subject area try to think of ways you can make your subject more specific. Conducting research is an inquiry based process that involves identifying a question gathering information analyzing and evaluating evidence drawing conclusions and sharing the knowledge gained the ability to conduct research is a critical skill students need to be college and career ready. However if you were conducting research on social media and voting you would want to use sources published within the last year 4 assess the reputation of the publisher of the source books and journals typically are published by a university press or other academic publisher you might also find books . Conducting research these owl resources will help you conduct research using primary source methods such as interviews and observations and secondary source methods such as books journals and the internet this area also includes materials on evaluating research sources navigation