Scholarly Encyclopedias
Can be a productive starting point for exploring research topic ideas.
Relatively brief topical entries are written by recognized, credentialed experts on those topics, providing introductory backgrounds and overviews that would be difficult to find in journals.
Entries also include bibliographies, highlighting some of the most important scholarly journal articles and books available on that particular topic, as recommended by that topical expert.
Even when your objective is to work with scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles, encyclopedia entries can be of tremendous help in pointing you in a productive direction!
Examples:
- VMAT - Volumetric-modulated arc therapy (Med Physics)
- Cone beam ct (Med Physics)
- Hospice care (Medicine)
- Palliative Care (Medicine)
The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine by Call Number: RC41 .G35 2020 ONLINEISBN: 978-0-02-866657-0Sixth edition.
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The Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer: A Guide to Cancer and Its Treatments by Call Number: RC254.5 .G35 2020 ONLINEISBN: 978-0-02-867755-2Fifth edition.
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Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health by Call Number: RT21 .G353 2013eb ONLINEISBN: 1414498888Publication Date: 20133rd ed.
v. 1-6Encyclopaedia of medical physics by
Call Number: R895.A3 E53 2013 ReferencePublication Date: 2013v.1-2
