Books

Books

Books cover virtually any topic, fact or fiction. For research purposes, you will probably be looking for books that synthesize all the information on one topic.

Libraries organize and store their book collections on shelves called "stacks." A few books are now available electronically on the Web (e-books) and are purchased by your library.

Use a Book
  • when looking for a lot of information on a topic
  • to put your topic in context with other important issues
  • to find historical information
  • to find summaries of research to support an argument

Examples

  • Waltman, Jerold L.  The Case for the Living Wage, 2004.
  • Singer, Dorothy G.  Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age, 2005.
  • Keyes, Cheryl Lynette.  Rap Music and Street Consciousness, 2004.

 

Databases With Books

The Library Catalog
will find books in our physical collection, and E-books in our virtual collection.  Does not do full text searching as the others below.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
searches through hundreds of volumes of reference books, providing you detailed entries, overview chapters, and essays on all subjects.

EBSCOhost Ebook Collection
is a collection of over 45,000 E-books

 

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