Module 1 - Understanding Information Literacy
Lesson 7d - General Background Information & Using Encyclopedias
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Read general background information

Reading a broad summary on a subject enables you to get an overview of the topic. A summary can help you see how your idea relates to broader, narrower and related issues.

Exercise 1.3 - Use an Encyclopedia

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Read a general encyclopedia article on the top two or three topics you are considering. You can do this by:

Going to the library and using the World Book Encyclopedia, or another encyclopedia
(see it on the shelf under the call number Reference AE 5 .W55)

picking a book
 
Using ZU's online subscription to the Encyclopedia Britannica
 
Using other online encyclopedias from the ZU Library web site

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