Basic Library Research Guide

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.

Ref. BF31 .M33 2003

Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology

Ref. BL80.2 .N347 1971

Great Religions of the World

Ref. E184 .S75 H557 2003 Hispanic American Almanac: a Reference Work on Hispanics in the U.S.

Ref. GT3150 .T25 2000

Death and the Afterlife: a Cultural Encyclopedia

Ref. HF1001 .E466 2001

Encyclopedia of Business and Finance

Ref. HQ534 .E53 1999

Encyclopedia of Family Life

Ref. LB15 .E47 2003

Encyclopedia of Education

Ref. PN771 .C59 1973

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Ref. Q175.35 .E53 2005

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics

Ref. QH540.4 .E39 2003

Ecology Basics

 

 

Main PN94 .C67 1989

Contemporary Literary Criticism

Statistical and Biographical Sources

Ref.CT104 .D54 1998

Dictionary of World Biography

Ref. HA202 2003

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Ref. HA214 .S73 1998

Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions and Trends

For additional print resources, search the St. Joseph's College Libraries Online Catalog

Sources for Basic Research Articles

The following databases may be useful for this subject area. To use the following databases on campus,
click on the Journal Articles / Database link.

Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)

Britannica

CountryWatch

CQ Library

New York Times Historical (Proquest)

Oxford Reference Online

Proquest Newspapers

Research Library (Proquest)

TopicSearch(EBSCO)

Wilson Biographies

Wilson OmniFile

 

Basic Research Related Websites

Background Notes

Foreign Country information from the State Department.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

FirstGov

Gateway to Federal and State agencies and information
http://www.firstgov.gov/

Online Newshour News stories and indepth background information on current topics.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/index.html

Public Agenda

Provides background, public opinion and statistics on controversial topics.
http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/issuehome.cfm

World Factbook

Provides country profiles, maps, and flags of the nations of the world
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

 

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