Gazeteers are dictionaries of geographical places. It indicates the pronunciation and other relevant information about places. An atlas usually has an index or a brief gazetteer which includes pronunciation and coordinates for the location of each place listed. Government Documents provide primary source material in many areas, especially in statistics, in government operations and in certain areas of science. They are especially useful in political science, sociology, business, education, economics, and the physical and biological sciences.
Indexes point to citations of articles in magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Some indexes contain abstracts or brief summaries of the articles, which will help familiarize you with the topic. Newspaper indexes are useful not only for finding a particular article in the newspaper, but also for pinpointing the date an event happened. Once the date is known, information in other newspapers often can be located. Online Databases allow access to thousands of periodicals, that contain specific articles in many magazines, journals and newspapers. Some articles may be viewed and printed as full text, while others are in abstract form.