The databases listed below are not part of the required tutorial but may be helpful for your research.
Offer concise introductions (ebooks) to a diverse range of subjects from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.
Before diving into scholarly sources like peer-reviewed articles, it helps to get a solid overview of your topic. That’s where background information comes in.
This tutorial has two parts:
A short presentation
An interactive tutorial
Both parts together take about 15 minutes to complete.
If your instructor is requiring this tutorial for credit, be sure to save a copy of the certificate of completion at the end of the interactive tutorial (Part 2).
Need help? Contact: undergrads@unm.libanswers.com
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Ready to practice with some background info tools?
Take our interactive tutorial (linked above) where you’ll be guided through two excellent background info databases.
