What can I do?

hypernovae
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:57:18 +0000

All of you say “do research” as if it were that simple. Well, is it?

I suppose when I think of research, I think of professors at a multi-million dollar facility working on projects that are at the very edge of their field—i.e., something that can’t be done by somebody without the lab. Is this the correct, or is there also a more basic aspect to research? I suppose an example of this would be “data mining,” or using already published textbooks and sources to compile a collaborative paper. I can read through ArVix for hours at a time, so I really hope it is the latter. :)

I suppose I’m somewhat confused about what research actually is, and how I would get started. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.