Entires in our subject encyclopedias generally are written by scholars in the discipline and (usually) provide extensive overviews with bibliographies.
The library home page's main search tool is a great place to start, but there are many additional tools that allow you to conduct more targeted searching.
Multidisciplinary databases
Arts & Humanities Databases
Social Science Databases
Science Databases
Current News
Historical News
or if our copy is checked out...