Searching for Background Info
Before you start more complex research, gain good, grounded background info on your topic.
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Click the Gale Ebooks/Gale Virtual Reference Library link below:
- Do a basic search on your food.
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![images shows a basic search for coffee](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/22044/images/basic_search_coffee.png)
- Different books give you different flavors of information, so you may want to use a couple of books to give you a fuller understanding of your topic. Look for books that focus on food itself or food as a commodity such as the ones shown below.
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![example of an article from a larger book about food](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/22044/images/different_flavors_of_info_food.png)
![example of an article from a larger book about world trade](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/22044/images/different_flavors_of_info_commodity.png)
- You can use these articles as sources for your project. Also, scan the article for search words that you can use for future searches:
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![image of article showing keywords highlighted in text](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/22044/images/scan_for_search_words.png)