There is no single blueprint for conducting research appropriate for all disciplines. Each specific course or discipline presents a variety of research goals and methodologies. A biology research project differs significantly from a literature paper. These differences pertain to more than the diverse subject matters of the different disciplines. Different styles clearly distinguish research papers in science, in social science, in humanities.
Some disciplines are far more rigid than others in specifying how to construct a research paper.
Research papers in English literature or in philosophy are less rigid. A paper on William Blake s view of childhood differs significantly in structure and format from a paper on the release of acetycholine at motor nerve endings. The following chapters contain guidelines, tools, and approaches common to all research regardless of its discipline. Return to Top Accessing Information Technology makes so much information available that you cannot successfully gather and digest it without a plan. Presently, you can readily access almost two million volumes on the shelves of BC s libraries by utilizing BC s own database Quest .