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Journalism Law and Ethics: JRN 3101

Research help for JRN 3101

Why Use Books?

stack of booksBooks written by scholars and published by university presses are a good source of information for many topics.

When and Why You Should Use Books:

  • You need good historical overviews of topic
  • You need broad coverage of one or more topics
  • You need a summary of existing research on a topic

Remember: Books may contain less recent information, often due to a lengthy publication process. Also, you may only need to read one chapter of a scholarly book!

Find Books at Temple

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Need to find a book? Use the following source to find books at Temple.

Search for Books Using Subject Headings

light bulbOne useful way to find books in Library Search is to use subject headings: tags or categories that identify the main topics or themes of a book. Here are a few that you may find helpful: