Research can be defined as the search for knowledge, or as a systematic investigation, with an open mind, to establish new facts, solving the problems of a new or existing, prove new ideas, or develop new theories. The main goal of basic research (as opposed to applied research) is the discovery, interpretation, documentation, or research and development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge. Research approach depends on the varied both epistemologies, within and between Humanities and science.
Scientific research relies on the application of scientific method, a harnessing of curiosity. This research provides scientific information and theories for an explanation of the nature and the nature of the world around us. This allows the practical application. Scientific research funded by public authorities, charity organizations and private groups, including many companies. Scientific research can be divided into different classifications according to their academic disciplines and applications. Scientific research is a criterion that is widely used to assess stand academic institutions, such as business schools, but some argue that such is the accurate assessment of the institution.
Humanities Research involving different methods such as hermeneutics and semiotics, and a different, more relativist Epistemology. Humanities scholars are usually due to not finding the final answer questions, but rather explores the issues and details surrounding it. The context is always important, and the context can be social, political, historical, cultural or ethnic. Research in the Humanities is an example of historical research, which is manifested in the history of the method. Historians use primary sources and other evidence to systematically investigate the topic, and then to write history in the form of an account of the past.