You can find background information by using the Digital Reference Resources link on the right
What will you find in the Feinberg Library Reference Room?
- Subject encyclopedias (e.g., Encyclopedia of the Palestinians)
- Dictionaries (e.g., Historical Dictionary of Terrorism)
- Biographies (e.g., The Complete Book of Presidents)
- Maps (e.g., Historical U.S. County Outline Map Collection 1840-1980)
- Atlases (e.g., Oxford new Concise World Atlas)
- Statistics (e.g., Datapedia of the United States: American History in Numbers)
Other examples:
You want information about environmental history in the U.S.:
Our reference room has: Nature and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Life
Or about the Lesbian and Gay movement in the U.S.:
Our reference room has: Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America
You can search the Feinberg Library online catalog to identify these kinds of materials and to locate them in our library.
Use the Advanced Search option and combine terms to focus in on your topic.
