Research Guides: EDUC 101: Finding Background Information

Non-Scholarly Library Sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
An online collection of many reference books covering a wide variety of subjects, with entries covering such subjects as medicine, art, technology, law and more.
Credo Reference is an online collection of many reference books covering a wide variety of subjects, with entries covering such subjects as medicine, art, technology, law and more, all aggregated and integrated in a robust search engine.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires, and news magazines. Offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources. Newspapers include St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more.
New York Times This link opens in a new window
Full-text access from 1980 to present.

Site Search

You can find official government or educational information by typing the following in the search:

site:.gov starbucks and eeo

site:.edu starbucks and eeo

Secondary & Tertiary Sources

Secondary Source - A work that is not based on direct observation of or evidence directly associated with the subject, but instead relies on sources of information.

Secondary Source Examples - Reviews, criticism, commentaries, opinion pieces, biographies, text books

Tertiary Source - A consolidation, index, digest, or digest of other sources. These sources tend to list and summarize information.

Tertiary Source Examples - Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, CREDO REFERENCE