To access any database in this Research Guide from off campus, you will need your myMCC login. You may find your myMCC login at www.mchenry.edu/myMCC. Click on Password Reset/Find Username.
original research, experiment results, ethnographies, interviews, surveys, data sets
Reviews of the literature or literature reviews, critical interpretations of scholarly studies, Journal articles that do not present new research.
SEE also:
http://libraryguides.quinnipiac.edu/c.php?g=307874&p=2059982
What is Empirical Research?
Empirical research is based on observed and measured phenomena and derives knowledge from actual experience rather than from theory or belief.
Key characteristics of empirical research:
• Statement about the methodology being used
• Research questions to be answered
• Definition of the group or phenomena being studied
• Process used to study this group or phenomena, including any controls or instruments such as tests or surveys
While reading:
Ask yourself, could I recreate this study and test these results? Remember, the abstract of the article should provide a description of the methodology.
Joshua Vossler's video "Selecting and Using Keywords"
Research Tip: If you were researching the topic "videogame violence" as discussed in the video above, you could also use a great and reliable site such as this: https://www.statista.com/topics/868/video-games/ (Video Game Industry: Statistics & Facts | Statista)
For Biology topics, see also the Nursing/Health Research Guide or BIO-157.
For medical topics, see the Nursing/Health Research Guide:
This brief tutorial was developed by the University of Washington.
