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As a King's student, you have access to thousands of e-books, which can be accessed 24/7 and don't require you to come into the library. This guide below provides information about the various databases.
Below are sample searches in eBook Academic Collection. If you click on the links, the searches will open, and you can browse the collections.
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Scholarly books disseminate research and academic discussion among professionals within disciplines. They are intended for academic study and research, and are preferred when writing college-level papers. They are published by academic or university presses.
Adapted from University of Toronto Libraries.
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These clues will go a long way towards assisting you in differentiating between books intended for the scholar and therefore, preferred when writing research papers, from trade publications or mass market publications that are intended for a general audience.
Publisher: A good clue to a scholarly resource is its publisher.
Books from publishers specializing in the field will tend to be of better quality textually then those that don’t.
Cited References and Bibliography – Even more than a useful tool for evaluating the reliability of an author, cited references are an excellent indication of the scholarship of a work.
Content – examine these aspects of the work to assist in ascertaining the scholarship of a work:
Graphics, Charts, Illustrations, etc.: many scholarly works will have graphs, charts, illustrations, etc.
© Janet Tillman/The Master’s University, 2008-2014, permission is granted for non-profit educational use; any reproduction or modification should include this statement.
The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation by Jodie Patterson
Call Number: HQ 77.8 P38 2019
Dangerous Masculinity: Fatherhood, Race, and Security Inside America's Prisons by Anna Curtis
Call Number: HV 8886 U5 C78 2019
Call Number: HM 811 I533 2019
Women's Activism, Feminism, and Social Justice by Margaret A. McLaren
Call Number: HQ 1236.5 I4 M395 2019
Call Number: BF 175.5 M37 M86 2020
Motherhood and Social Exclusion by Christie Byvelds and Heather Jackson
Call Number: HQ 759 M68 2019
Women and Psychosis by Marie Brown (Editor)
Call Number: HQ 1206 W8676 2019
Amplify: Graphic Narratives of Feminist Resistance by Norah Bowman; Meg Braem
Call Number: HQ 1155 B69 2019
Digital Uncanny by Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli
Call Number: HM 1041 R38 2019
Trans-Gressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics by Rachel Anne Williams
Call Number: HQ 77.9 W55 2019