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Encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks are excellent places to start when a subject is new to you.

They provide discipline-specific definitions of words and an overview of the topic, e.g. major aspects studied, historical development, key scholars and significant work within the field.

Use them to increase your familiarity with a topic when preparing to search. They will help you identify key concepts, terms, social theories, culture groups, places and names.

Europa World

Contains profiles for all the countries of the world, including social, political and economic information. You can also use the statistics to compare countries.

Click on the title to access the Encyclopedia online.