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Start Your Research - A Self-Guided Tutorial

A tutorial to take you through the research process.

15 - Scholarly Information

Research and Information for Different Disciplines

It is also important to understand the different types of information that can be researched in different areas of study.

Discipline	Humanities	Sciences	Social Sciences
Purpose of Research	To understand and analyze the meaning of individual events, people, and creative works	To observe and understand natural phenomena	To solve social problems and understand group interactions
Research Methodology	Qualitative	Quantitative	Qualitative, Quantitative
Examples of Primary Sources	Creative works, diaries, letters, interviews, news footage	Results of experiments, research and clinical trials	Census data, statistics, results of experiments of human behavior
Examples of Secondary and Tertiary Sources	Books, journal articles, textbooks, reference material	Books, journal articles, textbooks, reference material	Books, journal articles, textbooks, reference material