Rowen's Reflection on Literary Research 1

I think one of the things that I appreciated most about the various approaches to prewriting discussed so far is the community aspect of it. I'm used to talking through ideas with my friends and family, but being able to see what other people are researching, and draw on information that I might not have seen in my own research was really helpful to me. That seems like it's kind of the point of research anyway- all research does is locate work that other people have already done so you don't have to do it yourself, and researching as a community kind of does the same thing. Why should any of us have to find the exact right article for our papers if someone else already has?