Books are often more general and easier to understand than articles. In that books offer more background information and a wider array of viewpoints to select from, starting with a book can help you identify a guiding question or a larger conversation in which to situate your thinking, research, and writing.
Books are not daunting. They contain familiar "wayfarer markers" like a table of contents, chapter headings, and an index. These lead to the specific pages where the topic you are after is being discussed.
Books are at the heart of the scholarly conversations and debates about literature. In that they weigh and compare multiple viewpoint, their footnotes and bibliographies are springboards to additional insights.
Books are arranged following rules created by the Library of Congress. This organization helps you do research more effectively and efficiently. A librarian would be glad to review this with you.
Books are companionable. Many students value the ease with which they can be laid out on a desk, read, and absorbed.
Contains thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Includes titles from ABC-CLIO, Gale, Macmillan, Saur, Scribner, Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press Sage, and Springer.
Hosted by O'Reilly, electronic books in computer science, information technology, and related fields. Members of the JCU community must use their JCU email to register a free account prior to use.
