Books

Books are available covering virtually any topic. You can use a catalog to find out which books are available in a particular library.

Use a book:

• when looking for comprehensive information on a topic
• to put your topic in context with other important issues
• to find historical information
• to find summaries of research to support an argument

Examples:

• Morrison, Toni. The bluest eye. New York: Knopf, 1993.
• Tallant, Harold D. Evil necessity: slavery and political culture in antebellum Kentucky. Lexington: Univ Pr of Kentucky, c2003.
• Bacon, Richard. Horses and money: how to manage an equine business. Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Science, 1996.
• Goodman, Jordan, ed. Tobacco in history and culture: an encyclopedia. Detroit: Thomson Gale, c2005.