SAGE Knowledge Books and Reference
- SAGE Knowledge Books and Reference This link opens in a new windowOnline books, reference works, handbooks, series, and professional development titles across the social and hard sciences.
Some tips for searching "SAGE Knowledge Books and Reference" :click on the Advanced Search link and put in search terms related to your specific topic. Scroll down to "Content Types" and under the reference category, select Encyclopedias and any other relevant items.
Elsevier encyclopedias
- Elsevier encyclopediasClick on the URL then click on the magnifying glass at the top (to the right of the text "journals and books". A box will open where you can search by your topic. Then, on the left, you can restrict by "Article type". There, select Encyclopedia.
Other Reference Resources
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowOxford Reference includes dictionaries, including authoritative dictionaries for many languages, encyclopedias, and companions, featuring more in-depth but still brief entries, e.g. Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization.
- Access Science This link opens in a new windowOnline encyclopedia and dictionary for the sciences. Includes biographies, images and animations, and videos.
- Medline PlusSource of popular or relatively popular information about medical topics, but check for psychological concepts as well.
- Merck ManualsIncludes information about diseases as well as a drug look up feature. Check them for psychological topics as well that might have a medical basis.
Video Tutorial: Finding an Ebook
To discover books and ebooks, go to ASA, the library catalog near the top of the library homepage. See this video tutorial about how to limit your search in ASA to ebooks. .Also, see the Ebooks library guide.
Using Google
One source of background information is Google
Try using the advanced Google search interface.
Evaluate what you find, using the "Evaluating .Web Resources" box; see the next box.
Evaluating Web Resources
Web resources can be rich sources of information on a topic, but when conducting research, it's important to consider the quality and accuracy of sites you visit on the open web. Use the CRAPP test to determine whether a web resource is trustworthy:
