Presearching, also known as preliminary, exploratory, novice, or naive searching, is the type of searching you will need to do if you are brand new to a research topic. Presearching helps build necessary context and background information to understand a topic before searching for articles in databases.
Presearching will look different for every researcher, depending on your style. Here are a couple tips on how to get the most out of your presearch:
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