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[Type] Books [Information] Books cover virtually any topic, fact or fiction. For research purposes, you will probably be looking for books that synthesize all the information on one topic to support a particular argument or thesis. Libraries organize and store their book collections on shelves called "stacks." [Examples] Nash, Gary B. ed. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, 1990. Silverstone, Roger, ed. Visions of Suburbia, 1997. Smith, J. T. Roman Villas: A Study in Social Structure, 1997 [Use] 
when looking for lots of information on a topic to put your topic in context with other important issues to find historical information to find summaries of research to support an argument
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