Finding Articles: Popular vs Scholarly Sources - ENGL 101 - Robinson - Fall 2024

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Use databases to find online sources and articles about your topic. Use the following databases to start searching!

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Covers the pros and cons of social issues with features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text articles, statistics, document, images, and links to websites.
SIRS Issue Researcher (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Analysis and opinions on the pros and cons of social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political, and global issues.
EBSCOhost (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Search databases containing thousands of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering all disciplines.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Search databases containing thousands of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering all disciplines.

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SEARCH TIPS

If you’re not finding anything with your chosen keywords, try searching synonyms, related words, or different forms of the same word.
When you find an article, take a look at its Subject terms or Descriptors. By clicking on a Subject term, the database will search for other similar sources.
Use quotations to change your keyword search to a phrase search (example: "Social Media" in quotes searches these two words together).