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Finding a bibliography-a listing of what has been published on a subject-can be a terrific time saver.If you need to find information about a person’s background, try consulting the Biography and Genealogy Master Index or Biographical Dictionaries. On a broader scale The World Almanac can also provide invaluable data. To obtain specific facts and figures that are based on the United States Census and other demographic research, consult the Statistical Abstract of the United States (see Consulting Government Resources).Below is a list of a few popular specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries. To determine whether an encyclopedia or dictionary is available on your subject, check the library’s catalog. To access the information available in a general encyclopedia, check the encyclopedia’s subject index. Also, general and specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries often list important works and bibliographies, thereby providing you with solid preliminary leads for further research. Rather than poring through a stack of books to get a general sense of the scope of your topic, you will find in encyclopedias and dictionaries concise summaries of significant facts, experiments, and theories related to your subject.

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Some encyclopedias allow you a free trial subscription for a limited number of usages.

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In some cases, the full text of encyclopedias can be searched on the Web for free. Nevertheless, when beginning a research project, reading a succinct entry in an encyclopedia-such as the Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Americana, or Collier’s Encyclopedia-can save you a tremendous amount of time. As a result, you will want to avoid relying heavily on encyclopedias. Your teachers want to see that you have studied, interpreted, synthesized, and integrated a variety of sources. Of course, college instructors tend to frown on research studies that merely summarize encyclopedia entries (because such studies don’t critically analyze or interpret they simply reiterate commonly accepted/disseminated knowledge). To obtain a few essential facts and to gain a sense of the “dialogue” that is transpiring among scholars and researchers about your topic, try consulting general encyclopedias and dictionaries or, if appropriate, specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries. This process can help you locate some valuable sources to consult. To help narrow your topic, you may find it useful to gather some general background information.

The first step in any writing project is determining a specific topic. Use encyclopedias and dictionaries to research and develop a focused analysis about your question or topic.

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