Re: Finding information on the Internet

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

I never heard this definition (research for lit. search) all thru my HS,
undergrad. and grad.  career.  I first heard this promotion about twenty
years ago.  I think its use (promotion) demeans research.  My dictionary
requires the search to "... reach new conclusions."  Charles and Mary
Beard did research tho their revolutionary idea was a new interpretation
from a lit. search.  A student's searching the web for a book report
does not constitute research.  Of course, now that JD et al. accept this
definition it is the definition.  This does not alter the fact that it
demeans the search to "... establish facts and reach new conclusions."

bc

p.s. this:  http://pbrf.massey.ac.nz/research.htm   is what the new
definition demeans

"John S. Denker" wrote:

> On 04/07/2003 01:51 AM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> > When did literature search get promoted to research?
>
> No promotion necessary.
>
> The word means to inquire or search diligently.
> This should be unsurprising, given the obvious roots
> of the word.  The meaning has been unchanged for
> hundreds of years.
>
> A literature search is not the only permissible
> type of inquiry, but it is not excluded nor even
> atypical.