SOC 226 | Women & Gender Issues

Good background information may be found in reference sources.

Reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias, manuals, guides) provide the following types of information on virtually any topic:

• Reliable background information;
• Articles written by subject experts;
• Dates, timelines, events, people, definitions related to your topic;
• Statistics;
• A list of further readings, normally found at the end of encyclopedia articles.  Use these references as springboards for further research.

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Image source: Four F-15 Eagle pilots from the 3rd Wing walk to their respective jets at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.  U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown. Public domain.  Wikimedia Commons.