Misinformation: Find Books

Finding Books on Your Topic 

Once you have chosen a topic and done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books.

Use the Library Catalog to find books available in the Cerritos College Library. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword.

The following terms are just a few examples to help you search for books on controversial issues:

• Common fallacies
• Fake news
• Journalistic ethics.
• Journalism -- Economic aspects -- United States.
• Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States.
• Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States.
• Journalism -- United States.
• Journalism, Commercial -- United States.
• Citizen journalism -- United States.
• Information behavior
• Information literacy
• Mass media and propaganda
• Media literacy
• Online journalism

Here are few e-books which may may help you with your research. Most e-books require a login for off-campus use.  Enter your Cerritos College login when prompted.  For more login information see the Database Login page.

Here are some books available in the library which may help you with your research: