Sources of Information

These are collections of short, factual entries often written by different contributors who are knowledgeable about the topic.

• books

• journals

• encyclopedias

• magazines

It is a collection of articles usually written by scholars in an academic or professional field.

• journal

• encyclopedia

• book

• magazines

This covers virtually any topic, fact or fiction. For research purposes, you will probably be looking for this which synthesizes all the information on one topic to support a particular argument or thesis.

• book

• magazine

• journal

• encyclopedia

A collection of articles and images about diverse topics of popular interest and current events.

• magazine

• journal

• encyclopedia

• book

This is a collection of articles about current events usually published daily. Since there is at least one in every city, it is a great source of local information.

• encyclopedia

• newspaper

• journal

• book