If you dont know enough about your topic, you might want to get background information on your topic by utilizing encyclopedias, dictionaries, class textbooks, and the Opposing Viewpoints series which cover information in a comprehensive matter.
If you have not decided in a topic yet, get ideas for topics using encyclopedias or the Opposing Viewpoints series.
Most encyclopedias, dictionaries and the opposing viewpoint series are located in the reference area, on the second floor of the library they must to be used in the library only.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) provides full text online access to a multidisciplinary social issues and controversies covered by the Opposing Viewpoint book series as well as full text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles; primary source documents; government and organizational statistics; multimedia, including images and podcasts; links to hand-selected web sites; and more.
When finding background information online go beyond Wikipedia; use authoritative encyclopedias and dictionaries that the UTEP Library subscribes to. Two good online databases that provide valuable background information are Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) and Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Gale Virtual Reference Library provides access to a large and varied collection of electronic reference books published by Gale such as dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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