{"id":804,"date":"2023-11-22T18:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/product\/research-skills\/"},"modified":"2024-01-06T21:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T21:39:09","slug":"research-skills","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills","title":{"rendered":"Research Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on?<br \/>\nThis content will teach you how to research any topic using a number of different tools. We will start with basic techniques, such as reading, memory recall, note-taking, and planning. We will also talk about creating different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to actual writing, editing, and polishing. Most importantly, we will talk about how to use all kinds of sources, including a library\u2019s Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet.<br \/>\nAfter you complete this content, you\u2019ll be ready to find reliable information on any topic, and turn that information into a compelling, accurate piece of writing.<br \/>\n<br \/><span id='lms-outcomes' class='lms-outcomes'>Learning Outcomes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the benefits to proper research and documentation<\/li>\n<li>Read for maximum information retention and recall<\/li>\n<li>Take effective notes<\/li>\n<li>Plan a research strategy<\/li>\n<li>Identify and use various types of research sources<\/li>\n<li>Create preliminary and final outlines<\/li>\n<li>Use style guides and be able to identify the most common styles<\/li>\n<li>Document and attribute their work to ensure they don&rsquo;t plagiarise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":805,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-804","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-ebook","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","virtual","taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"QuickCourses -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research Skills - QuickCourses\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-22T18:55:04+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-06T21:39:09+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Research Skills - QuickCourses\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?page_id=312#listItem\",\"name\":\"Shop\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?page_id=312#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?page_id=312\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product_cat=ebook#listItem\",\"name\":\"eBook\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product_cat=ebook#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"eBook\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product_cat=ebook\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills#listItem\",\"name\":\"Research Skills\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?page_id=312#listItem\",\"name\":\"Shop\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Research Skills\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product_cat=ebook#listItem\",\"name\":\"eBook\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"ItemPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills#itempage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills\",\"name\":\"Research Skills - QuickCourses\",\"description\":\"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills#breadcrumblist\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/792.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/?product=research-skills#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-22T18:55:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-06T21:39:09+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"QuickCourses\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"QuickCourses\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/quickcourses.co.uk\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Research Skills - QuickCourses","description":"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number","canonical_url":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?page_id=312#listItem","name":"Shop"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?page_id=312#listItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?page_id=312","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product_cat=ebook#listItem","name":"eBook"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product_cat=ebook#listItem","position":3,"name":"eBook","item":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product_cat=ebook","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills#listItem","name":"Research Skills"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?page_id=312#listItem","name":"Shop"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills#listItem","position":4,"name":"Research Skills","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product_cat=ebook#listItem","name":"eBook"}}]},{"@type":"ItemPage","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills#itempage","url":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills","name":"Research Skills - QuickCourses","description":"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number","inLanguage":"en","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills#breadcrumblist"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/792.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills\/#mainImage","width":600,"height":400},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2023-11-22T18:55:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-06T21:39:09+00:00"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/#organization","name":"QuickCourses","url":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/","name":"QuickCourses","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"QuickCourses -","og:type":"article","og:title":"Research Skills - QuickCourses","og:description":"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number","og:url":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills","article:published_time":"2023-11-22T18:55:04+00:00","article:modified_time":"2024-01-06T21:39:09+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Research Skills - QuickCourses","twitter:description":"In this age of information overload, it can be hard to know where to find good information that you can trust. If you\u2019re doing research for an important project, report, or proposal, how do you find information that you can count on? This content will teach you how to research any topic using a number"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"804","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2025-06-11 19:29:24","updated":"2025-06-11 19:29:24","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?page_id=312\" title=\"Shop\">Shop<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product_cat=ebook\" title=\"eBook\">eBook<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tResearch Skills\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk"},{"label":"Shop","link":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?page_id=312"},{"label":"eBook","link":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product_cat=ebook"},{"label":"Research Skills","link":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/?product=research-skills"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=804"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=804"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickcourses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}