- primary research — original finding
- Secondary research - summary, collation or a synthesis of someones existing work research
- qualitative research - the research that goes in to detail, the research is often used as a method of exploratory research as a basis for later qualitative research hypotheses.
- quantitative research - research that depends on the amount of research in the detail on the document.
There are many other different methods of researching like manual research / primary research. Primary research is viewed as more time consuming and exhausting to do. The other method of research is internet based, when the finder surfs the internet to look for existing documents, this is known as secondary research.
