Accessing a Range of Reliable Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedias Online: Use Subject Encyclopedias to Understand Your TopicThis online guide links to a wide variety of reliable subject encyclopedias purchased by the library.
Background from the Scientific Perspective
- AccessScience from McGraw-HillSee, for example, Briefing: The Flint Water Crisis and its Health Consequences.
- SpringerLink EncyclopediasA searchable online collection of reference works published by Springer.
Finding the Cultural, Historical, Political, and Social Context
Narrative and Race:
- Encyclopedia of Race and RacismCall Number: OnlineISBN: 0028661958Publication Date: 2nd edition, 2013.Search narrative within the online version of this encyclopedia to find articles on the relationship between historical events and the way they are represented.
Media Literacy:
- International Encyclopedia of Media LiteracyCall Number: OnlinePublication Date: 2019Articles in this encyclopedia offers a perspective on the past, present and future of media literacy around the world. Media literacy encompasses a truly vast range of issues, including participatory culture, digital learning, civic engagement, the impact of media on children, the sociocultural and political dimensions of literacy education, the role of media in shaping social identity, activism, digital teaching and learning, the role of media in shaping health behavior, the impact of news on society, and adolescent development,
Reference Databases
- Gale Virtual Reference LibraryYou can search for reliable background articles on social sciences and humanities topics in this full-text database of reference encyclopedias.
- Oxford ReferenceAnother full-text database of reliable information from reference works (encyclopedias and dictionaries) published by Oxford University Press.
- Sage Reference OnlineA searchable, full-text database of reference works that focuses on the applied social sciences.
Reading Citations in Bibliographies
Learn how to tell the difference between a book, a journal or magazine article, and an article in a book in a reference list/bibliography in this 90-second video. Research Minutes: Reading Citations.