This page offers advice about choosing a research topic using reference books and collections of primary resources.
Reference books are the best place to start research in an unfamiliar topic. Some—encyclopedias, handbooks, subject dictionaries—provide quick and reliable information on a topic and its background. Many reference books provide selective bibliographies: recommended sources for further reading.
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