Different academic disciplines will value different aspects of sources and how one uses them. The discipline of history privileges the two vowels in the BEAM framework:
EXHIBIT: Historians analyze and interpret primary sources.
ARGUMENT: Historians join a scholarly conversation by placing their analysis and interpretation in dialog with the work of other historians. Historians publish their work in the form of scholarly articles and monographs (scholarly books).
Tertiary sources, such as subject encyclopedias and textbooks, are excellent starting points in your research. Use them to find:
At Collins Library, you can access subject encyclopedias in a variety of formats: print, ebook, or via larger digital collections.
Print encyclopedias are located on the first floor of the library, across from the Learning Commons. Most recently published reference works are available digitally.
Online encyclopedias can be accessed via PRIMO, the library's discovery platform. An example:
Large digital collections of subject encyclopedias can be accessed via several publisher-based platforms:
Disciplines tofauti za kitaaluma itathamini mambo tofauti ya vyanzo na jinsi mtu hutumia yao. Historia ya kihistoria inaonyesha kwamba vowels mbili katika mfumo wa BEAM: EXHIBIT: Wanahistoria kuchambua na kutafsiri vyanzo vya msingi. Mjadala: Wanahistoria hujiunga na mazungumzo ya kisayansi kwa kuweka uchambuzi na tafsiri yao katika mazungumzo na kazi ya wanahistoria wengine. Wanahistoria huchapisha kazi yao katika namna ya makala za kisayansi na monografia (vitabu vya kisayansi). Vyanzo vya tatu, kama vile ensaiklopedia za somo na vitabu vya masomo, ni vituo bora vya kuanza katika utafiti wako. Kwa mfano, katika maktaba ya Collins, unaweza kupata encyclopedias za mada katika muundo mbalimbali: kuchapishwa, ebook, au kupitia makusanyo makubwa ya digital. Ensaiklopedia za kuchapishwa ziko kwenye ghorofa ya kwanza ya maktaba, kinyume na Learning Commons. Vitabu vingi vya marejeo vilivyochapishwa hivi karibuni vinapatikana kwa njia ya kompyuta. Ensaiklopedia za mtandaoni zinaweza kupatikana kupitia PRIMO, jukwaa la ugunduzi la maktaba. Mfano: Makusanyo makubwa ya dijiti ya encyclopedias mada inaweza kupatikana kupitia majukwaa kadhaa ya mchapishaji-msingi: