Before you begin your search for sources, you'll want to generate a list of useful keywords. Keywords are an important part of the research process. the more specific your keywords, the more useful your search results. The below tutorial will guide you through the steps needed to generate keywords. Then you'll be able to perform a search in the Library's databases to find accurate, high-quality sources for your essay.
Your essay in ENG 145 will be research-based. This means you will need to find and use several scholarly sources when building your argument. In addition to the use of articles you found when you started your research to conduct background research on your topic, you will need to find more sources. Below are a few databases that will be useful for your research.
Gale In Context: Global Issues supports global awareness with authoritative content, allowing users to analyze important modern issues via news, viewpoints, references, videos, and more.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context offers contextual information and opinions on today's social issues. It features viewpoints, overviews, magazines, journals, news, primary documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files, and vetted website links.
All subjects, and US government information. 100% full text. Graded articles at different language levels. Access to thousands of full-text articles, documents and graphics in SIRS Researcher (General Reference), SIRS Renaissance (Current Perspectives on the Arts & Humanities) and Government Reporter.