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Humanities Research: Reference/Background

A guide to selected resources available at Bethel's library for Humanities research.

What is "Reference" and What is it Good For?

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Reference books are good for finding background, context, definitions, and other similar information. They usually include brief but excellent bibliographies for finding additional sources.

NOTE: Most of Bethel's print reference books may be checked out for short periods.

E Reference - General

Use these to do broad searches for a subject across many reference books.