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Encyclopedias can be great for helping you find background information and key terms on a given subject. They introduce you to the terminology, concepts, and issues in a given field.
An encyclopedia that also contains the Merriam-Webster?s Collegiate Dictionary, a thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other reliable sources.