This guide provides some useful starting places and strategies for doing research for this course. We're happy to help! Reach out to us about any aspect of your research, from developing a research question to finding, evaluating, and citing sources.
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Specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, companions, and other reference works can be good starting places for getting an overview of a topic, definitions of key terms, vocabulary for searching, and suggestions for further reading. The following databases allow you to search across multiple reference works at once.