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How to Use Background Resources
Background resources are an excellent place to start your research. Here you can browse or search for topics that you may interest you. These resources are to be used to gain knowledge on the topic and are not scholarly. You will use these resources to gather keywords, important dates and names, and general information that you can then use to narrow your search in the databases.
Background Information Resources
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference is a general reference solution for learners and librarians. Offering 551 hundred highly-regarded titles from over 70 publishers; Credo General Reference covers every major subject. Credo Reference is an online reference service made up of full-text books from the world's best publishers. Whether you're working on a research paper, trying to win trivia or just curious, Credo Reference has something for you.
- The ConversationThe Conversation is an independent, nonprofit publisher of commentary and analysis, authored by academics and edited by journalists for the general public. We publish short articles (800-1000 words) by academics on timely topics related to their research.Their mission is “to promote truthful information and strengthen journalism by unlocking the rich diversity of academic research for audiences across America.”
- Filmsite.org: Horror FilmsConcise overview of the history of horror films.
- From VOX: How the zombie represents America's deepest fearsFrom the online news/opinion website VOX, this is a "sociopolitical history of zombies" by Zachary Crockett and Javier Zarracina
- A Brief History of Academics Writing Seriously About ZombiesFrom the Chronicle of Higher Education.