NewsBank focuses on newspapers and wire services. This indexing and abstracting service provides access to international periodical medical literature. A FirstSearch PC is available for students next to the Reference Desk as you enter the library. FirstSearch handouts are available upon request. There are many different types of reference books and electronic sources that focus on unique areas of inquiry.
All academic areas have their own voluminous reference literature.
Included in this guide are merely a few major research sources to help you get started. A standard encyclopedia is often the best place in which to begin research on a topic. Its range of coverage is all general knowledge. Most encyclopedias have comprehensive indexes which will locate all the information in the set on a particular subject. In addition to general encyclopedias that cover the whole field of knowledge, there are many encyclopedias which concentrate on specific subjects.