LibGuides: ENG 101: English Comp (Black): Library Databases

Issues Databases

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Content in this database includes topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
CQ Researcher
This publication contains in-depth articles on controversial topics of the day. All perspectives are covered and this is an excellent source when writing an argumentative essay.

Search EBSCO and Gale databases relevant to your topic to find more in depth information.

Gale Databases (Comprehensive)
Academic OneFile, Expanded Academic, General OneFile
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Designed for academic institutions, this database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books and more. Subjects include: Animal science, anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion and philosophy, science and technology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology and more.

Newspaper Databases

News (Gale OneFile)
Infotrac Newsstand Database offers newspaper resources from national and international news outlets. The type of sources range from articles to editorials and transcripts to podcasts.
New York Times (Newspaper)
Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1995).
Boston Globe
Full text of the Boston Globe newspaper offers authoritative coverage of local, national and international news (1980-)
Wall St. Journal
The Wall St. Journal paper is considered the preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide.

Searching in databases require you to use KEYWORDS, not sentences. Use your main concepts as your keywords. I'm going to look at feminist theory in Chopin's Awakening as my example.

Remember to click on FULL TEXT before looking at the results list. If there is an option for SCHOLARLY/PEER REVIEWED, click on that too.

YOU FOUND AN ARTICLE! Remember to download it, save it, or email it to yourself.