How can I find 3 books for my research topic?
I need college-level Books. They shouldn't be encyclopedias; rather, should be books written by experts on topic
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Overall answer: search the 'books' tab in the OneSearch box on our homepage columbiabasin.edu/library to locate both ebooks and print books in...one search! The text of ebooks can be searched quickly. Select titles that are related to your topic, regardless of whether they address every subtopic/question you have. Remember that scholarly books are published much less frequently than articles, so it will be unusual for one to cover the latest developments in a current 'hot topic.'
Topic 1: Should the U.S. government break up the four tech giants?
Book Search: SU ( monopoly or antitrust ) AND SU united states AND TX ( google or facebook or apple or amazon )
Titles (4 ebooks & one print):
Foroohar, Rana. Don’t Be Evil : The Case Against Big Tech. Currency, 2019. EBSCOhost, https://columbiabasin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2025494&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=cbcc&groupid=main&profile=ebookhost
HINDMAN, MATTHEW. The Internet Trap: How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy. Princeton University Press, 2018, https://columbiabasin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv36zrf8
Klobuchar, Amy. Antitrust : Taking on Monopoly Power From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age. Vintage, 2021. https://columbiabasin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2728010&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=cbcc&groupid=main&profile=ebookhost
Larson, Rob. Bit Tyrants : The Political Economy of Silicon Valley. Haymarket Books, 2020. EBSCOhost, https://columbiabasin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2108125&site=ehost-live&scope=site&custid=cbcc&groupid=main&profile=ebookhost
Taplin, Jonathan T. Move Fast and Break Things : How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy. First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2017. Main Collection, HM851 .T365 2017
Topic 2: Should coastal development in the U.S. be restricted due to rising seas
Book Search: SU (Sea level or Coast Changes) AND develop*
Example title: Orrin H. Pilkey, et al. Retreat From a Rising Sea : Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change. Columbia University Press, 2016. EBSCOhost, https://bit.ly/3rFgGAm
Topic 3: Is limited nuclear war a viable battlefield option?
Book Search: (tactical or battlefield or limited) AND SU ( nuclear warfare or Nuclear weapons )
Topic 4: Should states increase funding for public schools?
Book Search: SU ( Public schools and United States ) AND ( finance or fund* or tax* or levy )
Topic 5: Should hospitals strive to drive down preventable patient harms to zero?
Book Search: SU hospital* AND ( medical errors or Safety measures or Quality control )
Topic 6: Assuming extraterrestrials exist, should humans try to contact them?
Book Search: DE "Life on other planets" AND intelligent
Topic 7: Should the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) become part of the U.S. Constitution?
eBook Search: Equal Rights Amendment
Print Book Search: Heading: Equal rights amendments–United States
Topic 8: Should humanity move to a completely digital book world?
ebook Search: e-books or electronic books or digital books (in title)
ebook Search: SU "Electronic publications" or Hypertext literature or "Literature and the Internet" or "Literature and technology"
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