Finding background information is an important part of the Research Process!
Why do background research?
Searching for background information helps you better understand and familiarize yourself with your chosen topic.
It can help you identify important facts about your topic.
You can find information that can help you refine your research topic and create a research question that you can use to develop your thesis statement.
Background research can help you find key search terms and/or phrases that you can use to find scholarly sources later on.
Where can you find background information?
Reference sources are useful research tools that you can use to help you find authoritative, background information.
Information you find during this part of the research process is meant to help you identify key search terms that can help you search for scholarly sources.
