Research has become a universal metaphor for digital everyday life: "I search - therefore I am." However, in times of information overload, the task is no longer simply to obtain every conceivable piece of information. On the contrary, even the professional gatekeepers of the information industry, namely journalists, risk drowning in the flood of data: Just because you search does not mean you will find. Therefore, researching today means collecting only as much data as is necessary for a good journalistic story. This is the approach of the story-based research method presented in this book. In addition to information search, the meaningful selection, narrowing down, and filtering of that information come into play. The proper use of search engines and data journalism techniques is just as important as conducting research in social media and the deep web.