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PHIL 101: Reference Sources

What is a Reference Source?

  • Image of 5 encyclopedia volumes, bound in black with gold text and embellismentsA reference source provides quick facts or a brief overview of a topic.
  • Some common reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, atlases, and almanacs. 
  • Reference sources provide background information and expand your basic understanding of your topic. 

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Assignment For Professor MacLaughlin's class

Students will begin research for a paper on "cognitive bias" as related to various areas (in medicine, climate change, vaccination, algorithm creation, etc.)

Reference Databases

Credo Bias entry: Look at mind map too

Oxford Reference Bias entries

Print Reference Books

The entries you find in the reference books below can be scanned into a pdf and emailed by you.

Ask a librarian how!

Reference Websites