Why Use Articles?
Articles are good sources for:
- the most recent research or information on a topic
- coverage of a very narrow topic
- coverage of current events
- contemporary accounts of past events and research
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- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowThis database contains full-text articles from both popular and scholarly articles across every discipline. This is a great place to start any search!
Why Use Books?
Books are useful for in-depth information, including: historical context, overview, synthesis and analysis of information.
Often a chapter or two, rather then the entire book, are all that may be relevant for your topic.
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Keyword Exercise
Need help generating keywords to use in our book catalog or our article databases? Use this!
