Find Background
Getting Started: Find Background Information
At the beginning of a research project, it's useful to you get an introduction to what's known about your topic, before you begin using scholarly articles or books to find more detailed discussion and perspectives. Use this page to find that information for your peace architect or issue.
Background Information
You can use a specialized encyclopedia to begin to explore your topics. Select from the ones below.
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowThis database provies full text access to over 200 subject encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and directories.
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Oxford Handbooks Online - Religion This link opens in a new windowContains dynamic, full-text searchable reference books on a range of religious and theological topics with in-depth entries and robust references.
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Gale in Context: Biography This link opens in a new windowThis database provides contextual biographies on over 600,000 people throughout time as well as present-day. Biographies also contain links to magazines, newspapers, web pages, and multimedia resources. Updated daily.