Cosmetology

Reference books are encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and other specially organized books. They're useful for finding summaries, definitions, and quick facts about a topic.

Subject Encyclopedias

Subject encyclopedias are a great first source to use when you begin researching a new topic.

Written by experts, entries in scholarly, subject encyclopedias give you crucial background information on a topic including:

• History of a topic
• Definitions, statistics, & demographics
• Important researchers and scholars
• Keywords you can use in further searches
• References to other sources you can use to expand your research