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Now that you have an idea of the areas, subjects of disciplines that you need to research and you know whether there are people that you need to speak to
you can begin researching. At this stage you just want to find out what is already known about your area of interest.
Finding out new information and talking to other people will come later. For now, you can use sources from the library such as books library databases for journal publications and the web, social media, broadcast media
and primary sources such as historical artefacts, to build a picture of what others know about what you're trying to solve.
To help you out you should also explore the research and referencing sections of the toolbox. Write your research findings in your notes.
What are the areas of knowledge I need to look at? Video production. How do I make a video? I think I'm going to learn that in class so I won't dig too deep on this one.
Are there other promos I can look at? I went to YouTube and searched for community gardens and I found a whole bunch of promotional videos that have been made to promote community gardens.
I've written notes about what is seen and heard in each video.
Benefits of community gardens? I searched the web using Google Scholar and the library databases for community gardens
And found lots of websites for different organisations. Didn't find much in the online journals. Benefits of volunteering?
Who volunteers? Why do they volunteer? I searched the online library databases for answering these questions and found heaps of articles. I'm going to start reading them and I'll write my notes here as I read.
Garden creatures. Snails. Again, the library databases are full of journal articles and with a bit of careful searching I found a couple of articles that gave me information about snails and other garden pests.