How to do reseach

Research skills is important. But we mostly learn by doing. Not a bad idea to define a clear methodology at this moment. Here is a quite high rated book

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches 

Following are some of my thoughts:

1. Three elements of inquiry: what claims? what strategies? what methods of data collection and analysis
2. How to read literature? Identifying a topic, make it researchable and identify the goal.
3. Writing as a way of thinking.