Why background sources?
Background sources are encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, manuals, etc. that provide summary and factual information. These sources generally contain well established knowledge and can provide a basic understanding on which to build. Use Background sources to:
- find basic concepts and viewpoints of topic
- get the historical context and relationships to other topics
- identify and define special terms used to discuss the topics
- find or verify data, facts, formulas, etc.
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Encyclopedias, Books and Database Links
- Proquest Research Library
]Indexing, abstracts and selected full text or full images of articles in a wide range of magazines and journals. It includes general interest and news publications as well as selected scholarly journals. Includes bibliographic citations and abstracts of periodical articles; some full text and full image articles. Coverage varies by title with good coverage for late 1980's to present, some earlier coverage. - Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for over 7,000 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and much more. Coverage varies by publication. Some full-text PDFs from 1985 to present. - Biography Resource Center
Full-text biographical information on more than 250,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Biographies can be located by subject name or by one or more personal facts such as birth and death years, places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. - CQ Researcher
Contains full text articles on controversial current events and social, political, economic, and international issues. Each issue includes topic summaries, historical perspectives, recent developments, opposing viewpoints, and sources for additional research. This resource is an excellent starting point for research on contemporary topics. 1960 to present. VPN required for off-campus access. - Issues & Controversies@Facts.com
This full-text database contains in-depth and balanced articles dealing with contemporary issues and controversies. Keyword and subject searching is available as well as being able to browse by topic. A list of current hot topics is provided. This resource (in addition to CQ Researcher) is an excellent starting point for research on contemporary topics. September 25, 1995 to present. - Newspapers in Proquest
Coverage of 300 + National and International news sources including the following: New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Star Tribune, Times of London, Wall Street Journal, Wisconsin State Journal, etc. - Oxford Reference Online
Call Number: Electronic
Contains full-text of hundreds of subject specfic encyclopedias and dictionaries. - Gale Virtual Reference Encyclopedias
Call Number: Online
Provides access to Encyclopedia of Religion, New Catholic Encyclopedia, International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, and hundreds more specialized encyclopedias. - Credo Reference
Online reference library providing full-text articles from 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries in a variety of subject areas: psychology, history, literature, business, medicine, law, technology, philosophy, art, popular culture, etc. Keyword searching can be performed in individual titles, titles grouped by subject, or within the entire Credo Reference 100 collection. - Marqcat Library Catalog
Search for your topics by keyword. - Google Books
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Broadcasting & Electronic Communication, Communication Studies, Journalism, Spanish and Theology
Why Books?
Books are useful for in depth information, including historical context, overview, synthesis and analysis of information. Often a chapter or two, rather than the entire book, are all that may be needed for your topic. The process of writing, editng, and publishing a book is lengthy, thus even the most recently published book may not contain the most current information on a topic.
Tips for searching MARQCAT
- Identify single words or short phrases that represent the major idea of your topic
- Try these as "Subject" searches in MARQCAT, follow the catalog's suggested headings
- Try the same words/phrases as "Keyword" searches.
- Look at the subject headings on the records of books good for your topic and search any that you haven't tried yet.
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