<h2>General Reference Sources</h2>
<p>Whether or not you have chosen a subject, the following
resources will provide you with preliminary information and may
yield additional or related concepts to help you define your
topic.</p>
<ul>
<li>General encyclopedias: <a
href="http://proxy.library.siue.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.eb.com/"
target="_blank">Encyclopedia Britannica </a> (online
version) or <a
href="https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/sie/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=554780"
target="_blank">The New Encyclopedia Britannica</a>.</li>
<li>Subject-specific encyclopedias: <a
href="https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/sie/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=554780"
target="_blank">International Encyclopedia of the Social
Sciences</a>, <a
href="https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/sie/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=554780"
target="_blank">Encyclopedia of Science and Technology</a>,
etc. (Most located in the Reference Collection by subject
area.) Seek assistance at the Information Desk.</li>
</ul>
<p>Books on your topic can be found through the <a
href="https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/sie/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First"
target="_blank">SIUE Catalog</a> by searching for "Any Word
Anywhere" or by subject, title or author.</p>
<p>If your search is unsuccessful, try different keywords or
try searching by words in title. When books are identified as
potential sources of information, identify and note their
subject headings to find more sources.</p>
<p>Record the <a
href="http://www.siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/research_tools/research_guides/call_numbers.shtml"
target="_blank">call numbers</a> and retrieve the books from
their <a
href="http://www.siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/about/collections_directory.shtml"
target="_blank">locations.</a></p>
<p>For further preliminary research assistance, here is a list
of online <a href="/id0904f67a801faebd" target="_blank">general
reference sources</a> offered through the Lovejoy Library's web
site as well as a <a
href="http://www.siue.edu/lovejoylibrary/research_tools/research_guides/pathfinder.shtml#toc"
target="_blank">General Research Guide</a> to get you
started.</p>