Books
Books cover virtually any topic, fact or fiction. For research purposes, you will probably be looking for books that synthesize all the information on one topic to support a particular argument or thesis. Libraries organize and store their book collections on shelves called "stacks." Electronic books, called e-books, may be purchased online or may be available for free from your library.

Use a Book

  • when looking for lots of information on a topic
  • to put your topic in context with other important issues
  • to find historical information
  • to find summaries of research to support an argument

Examples

  • Downes, Barbara J. ed. Monitoring Ecological Impacts: Concepts and Practices in Flowing Waters, 2002.
  • Dixon, A.F.G., Aphid Ecology, 2nd edition 1998.
  • Young, J. Z. The Life of Vertebrates, 1991.

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