Find Background Info - EGL 102 - David Kossy - Fall 2022

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Background information provides basic concepts, descriptions and ideas about a subject.

Find Facts in online encyclopedias, dictionaries, or handbooks included in Credo Reference, Facts On File Portal, or Encyclopedia Britannica.

For more sources of background information, use the "Facts & Encyclopedia Online Reference" Oakton Library webpage.

Credo Reference - All Subjects Search
Contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles.
American History Online - Infobase
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
CQ Researcher
Each issue examines a single "hot" topic with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills. It contains reference book titles, pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.

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