Research Guides: High Hanging Fruit: SBM 0880: Find Background Information

Online reference sources

Reference sources, such as encyclopedias, have short entries, readable entries with links to further reading. They are a good place to start when researching a topic. Here are some online reference sources that may be useful for this class:

CQ Researcher
Concurrent user limit: 20
CQ Researcher provides reports written by journalists, footnoted and fact-checked. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research. Graphics, photos and short "sidebar" features round out the reports.
Encyclopedia of Social Work
Concurrent user limit: 1
Encyclopedia of Social Work is a collaboration between the National Association of Social Workers (NASW Press) and Oxford University Press (OUP). This resource provides articles on topics ranging from international issues to ethical standards.
Gale in Context: Global Issues
Global Issues in Context contains pages and full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, and academic journals. Focuses on issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming.
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO)
Concurrent user limit: unlimited
Oxford Scholarship Online offers access to thousands of academic works from the scholarly list of Oxford University Press, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.