Find Topic Overviews
In this section, I will show you 2 types of resources for locating a comprehensive overview on your topic. Online reference collections allow you to cross-search hundreds of digitized reference books to find an encyclopedia entry on your topic. Specialized encyclopedias are also searchable as e-books.
Use other tools to find a topic overview
Try searching for an overview in one of these online reference collections.
Linguistics: Selected Encyclopedias
Language Education: Selected Encyclopedias
Intercultural Communication: Selected Encyclopedias
Translating and Interpreting: Selected Encyclopedias