Suppose you want to go out on a drive. Before you start, you must decide where you want to go and then which route to take. If you are aware of the route, you don’t need to look for help and consult a dictionary, but if you do not know your route, then you intend to use one. Your problem is compounded if: there is more than one route and you need to decide among them. Same goes for the research process.

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