Background research and reading
When planning a research, it is important that you understand the background information for your selected topic in order to write a well-planned research.
Before you start your research, you must read articles to enable you to get an overview of the topic. It will enable you to obtain important names, dates, term and facts that can help you when you search for more information.
Here are some of the databases from the library that students can explore to get more background information on the topic being studied:
This includes:
Credo is an academic core database that provides content from nearly 500 academic references such as dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases. Credo is a database that gives readers factual information with images, sound file, animation, videos and multimedia. Users are able to gain extra information on the topic given.
Important note:
The Wikipedia is not a reliable source for academic writing or research. Students are not encouraged to use Wikipedia as a research tool.