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Your search for information on your topic can include books, periodicals, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources. Within the guidelines of the assignment given to you by your instructor, select a topic that you find interesting. Once you have selected a topic for your paper, use the general reference books available in the library to get background information on your topic. Reference books such as the encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks are a good starting point for your research because they help you become better acquainted with your topic.

Jewish women in America : an historical encyclopedia / edited by Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore. New York : Routledge, 1998.

Reference Stacks
REF DS115.2 .J49 1998

Once you have done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and the Internet.

Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. Use the Library Catalog to find books available in the Cerritos College Library.

You can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword. Listed below are some Library of Congress Subject Headings used in the catalog for books relating to the topic Women of the Holocaust. Use these terms to Search by Subject. Remember, this list is by no means conclusive.

Selected Subject Headings:

Journal and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. To find articles on your topic, use one of the indexes listed below. 

Meyer’s holocaust links
http://pw1.netcom.com/~jdmeyer/shoah.htm

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