Sometime, what we think something should be called is not the term used in the academic context. Part of the background gathering stage of research is to compile a bank of alternative keywords/search terms that can be used in a variety of searches. Bellow is a worksheet to help you gather keywords to aid your search and also information on how to use them in searches to get the most appropriate results.
Understanding your topic is the first step in any research endeavor. Gathering basic information about context, timelines, alternative terms, and key figures will help simplify the academic research process. The bellow resources will help you gather important contextual information.
Full-text encyclopedias on a range of topics that include in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries written by scholars across all fields of study.
Full-text reference works from Oxford University Press covering a broad range of subjects, and including timelines, quotations, and overviews.
Make sure to checkmark the "Only search content I have access to" box to limit results to titles that BGSU and OhioLINK subscribe to.
Thousands of scholarly monographs published by Cambridge University Press since 2015. An agreement with OhioLINK will add all newly published titles through 2025, then OhioLINK will purchase a subset for permanent access. Covers all subjects, with particular focus on area studies, history, and political science.
Coverage: 2015- Present
Best for: All subjects
Compatible Devices: Anything with a web browser, PDF
Contains: 8,500+ titles; under 100 are open access
Download: One chapter at a time
Link: https://libguides.bgsu.edu/cambridgeebook
Printing: One chapter at a time after downloading
Users: Unlimited users at a time per book
Hundreds of short ebooks (around 100 pages each) that offer concise expert overviews of a diverse range of concepts. Subjects include climate, consciousness, game theory, ancient warfare, economics, and literary theory.
Alternate access link: http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/pages/very-short-introductions
Coverage: 1995-present
Users: Unlimited
Contains: Online editions of over 600 short books in the Oxford University Press series "Very Short Introductions."
Best for: A wide range of subjects
Printing: Print individual chapters from PDF
Download: Individual chapters only for most texts
Compatible with: Any PDF compatible device/browser