Academic books are often written by experts in a particular field, meaning they provide reliable, well-researched, and credible information. They are typically peer-reviewed or published by reputable academic publishers, making them trustworthy sources for your assignment.

Login and search LibrarySearch using keywords that describe your topic, then refine your results to books and chapters.

• Combine your keywords with AND to find all search terms.

• Use OR to find any words or synonyms.

• Find “exact phrases” with quotation marks.

• Add an asterisk to part of a word to find different endings and plurals.

An example search: 

"food security" AND (loss OR waste) AND sustainab*

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These reference works cover key themes, concepts and terminology in international studies and development.