ENGL 102: Chen-Johnson, M. (Spring 2024): References sources
Reference sources
Why use reference sources?
Reference sources can give you a background information and a general overview of your topic and can point you to more specific research. They can also help you identify relevant names, places, ideas, and dates to use as search terms. In addition, they can help you to brainstorm ideas for narrowing a very broad topic to a point of interest.
Try searching the following subject encyclopedia database for information about human migration:
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
A compendium of subject encyclopedias, covering many disciplines. A very useful for background information on a topic. Keep your searches broad, using no more than two or three terms (e.g., Partition of India or Trail of Tears or Great Migration).
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