LibGuides: Library Resources for High School Students: Background Info

Background Information

Reference books, whether in paper or online, can give background and depth, as well as definitions, basic knowledge, scope of the topic area, important people and statistics, and some citations to get you started.

Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: Collection of handbooks containing authoritative essays, chronologies, and guides for further reading. Contains authoritative guides and introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods.
Contents: E-books; Bibliographies
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Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Subjects: MANY
Description: General biographical dictionary from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Dictionaries
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General e-book collection containing full text.
Contents: E-books; Bibliographies
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General e-book collection from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text.
Contents: eBooks; Encyclopedias.
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Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General encyclopedia containing full text.
Contents: E-books; Encyclopedias
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SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General e-book collection from SAGE Publications containing full text of scholarly books, encyclopedias, and handbooks. It covers various areas of the social sciences.
Contents: eBooks.
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