For scientists it is the first meaning, where deliberate processes are followed and
something original has been designed or discovered, which is most accurate. That is
to say, simply doing an Internet search for the term ‘what is global warming’, and
reading a few websites on the topic, does not alone constitute research in the
academic sense. This approach lacks process, and analysis, and does not contribute
anything unique. A scholar, on the other hand, would perhaps begin answering the
same question by narrowing the search to trusted sources, collecting a large set of
relevant information, analyzing and synthesizing, then finally creating a new
definition based on justifiable criteria. This approach is not necessarily limited to the
sciences, but it is on scientific research that we will focus.