Background sources, also known as reference sources, include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, directories, and other online or print "books". You might want to consult one or more of them when you're first starting your research, especially if the topic you are researching is unfamiliar to you. They can be excellent sources of factual information, concepts, theories, definitions, terminology and references to other, more in-depth, sources of information.
Some of the sources listed on this page are links to online resources, while others are books that are located in one or more campus libraries at Okanagan College.
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Encyclopedia of Life Sciences by 
Botany Illustrated: Introduction to Plants, Major Groups, Flowering Plant Families (2nd ed.) by 
Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction by 
Marine Environments: Diversity, Threats and Conservation by 
A Dictionary of Biology 7th ed.
Dictionary of Ecology 5th ed.
A Dictionary of Zoology 4th ed.
A Dictionary of Genetics 8th ed.
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 3rd ed.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2nd ed.This site is maintained by the librarians of Okanagan College Library.
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