After choosing a topic for your Annotated Bibliography and your Persuasive Presentation, you might want to start with the library reference collection. Reference books provide background information on a topic, such as definitions of terms, key figures and events, and well written overviews. They can be a useful starting point for any research project, because they fill in missing knowledge about the topic or provide you with the language of the discipline.
The Canadian EncyclopediaThe SAGE encyclopedia of higher education
The Sage Encyclopedia of Childhood and Childhood StudiesThe Routledge handbook of language in the workplaceThe Routledge handbook to gender and communicationGale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. ... Opposing Viewpoints is a rich resource for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more.
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Hundreds of Sage handbooks and encyclopedias, providing detailed, authoritative background information in the social sciences.
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