Welcome to the Research Guide for ES/POL2 312! Use this guide as a starting point for your research. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your librarian with any questions on how to find or cite sources!
Reference sources such as specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, and dictionaries are a good place to gather factual information, get an overview of a topic, find ideas for keywords, and get bibliographies that point to key books and articles on a topic.
Below are different resources for finding reference sources.
Search here to use the "Encyclopedia articles & more" filter in SuperSearch, which finds articles in a range of reference works from several databases. For more focused searching, try searching one of the individual databases below.
Annotated bibliographies for a variety of subject areas.
Hundreds of full-text academic encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other sources for introductions to topics, definitions, or factual information. Includes subject-specific titles from art, literature, education, science, religion, history and more.
For even more focused searching or browsing, try an individual reference work. Here are some selected titles related to topics of this course.