Some books offer an overview of a topic, others give in-depth information.
To find books and other materials in the Rockhurst Greenlease Library, use the online catalog . These include newspapers, general magazines, scholarly and professional journals. Each periodical index covers a subject area, i.e., business, social sciences, etc. Some periodical indexes cover specific areas of a subject, i.e., chemistry, nursing, etc. When doing research in higher education students are usually required by their professors to use more advanced types of publications for their term papers and other projects.