Particularities of online research and tools for searching scientific information

Abstract

The study focused on online research tools that have traditionally been used in Internet market research. It aimed to reflect on the problematic of online tools and to define which ones are feasible to be applied in scientific research of different approaches, both in quantitative and qualitative research. The essential material used were articles, books and writings that refer to the use of online tools as well as information from other previous studies, considering the online tools themselves and the possibilities they allow to develop to obtain information. The methodology highlights first the analysis of scientific articles that turned out to be referents with a more precise contribution about online tools and scientific research methods. Online tools are compared with respect to information search tools, and finally the problem is analyzed with a group of teachers to determine what they consider about online research tools and how they could be used in other types of research. As conclusions, the usefulness of online tools that are traditionally used in market research was raised, being possible to apply online research tools in research of different typologies. It is possible to integrate online digital tools with the methods and techniques of the research methodology of any type of research.

Keywords:

Online research, Science, Methods, Methods, Tools, Articles.