Finding books on your topic
Books are excellent sources for information; however, you can take extra steps to ensure the quality of information you find in any book.
1. Author and publisher - you can use some basic internet sleuthing to look at who produced your source.
2. Sources provided/Citations - A well-written, well-researched book will always include meticulous documentation for finding the origins of information used or presented. That documentation, or Citation, is the cornerstone of all scholarly progress.
Credit and accountability for ideas are vital for progress in science and academics.
3. Perspective - Primary sources are generally regarded as first-hand information directly from a source. Secondary sources can offer a broader, but interpreted, view of information.
Below is a screen image of the Advanced Search you can use to find books.
To find books, click on Advanced Search, then select Print Book.
After that, you can search for books using key terms such as subject, title, or author.
Click HERE to start an Advanced Search of your own.
