Research Guides: *Humanities: Background information

Selected electronic reference sources

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) provided by the Oxford University Press is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words past and presentfrom across the English-speaking world.

Using Wikipedia appropriately

First off: Wikipedia is NOT an academic source and therefore should NOT be sited as a source in your paper.

That being said, it can be a helpful sourse of background information, vocabulary, and other usable sources on your topic. The video below will help you learn how to use Wikipedia appropriately in an academic context.

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*Humanities: Background information

Selected electronic reference sources

Using Wikipedia appropriately

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