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English 201 Library Research Guide

For Professor Kathy Rowley

Starting Your Research -- Find News Articles

CQ Researcher -- 1923-present This link opens in a new window
Articles from this magazine; each weekly issue covers one current event or policy topic.

Google News
Google's aggregator for online news sources, linking you to the newspaper, television news, magazine, etc. source. Most are free sites, but you may be limited in how many articles you can read from a specific site before registering or paying a subscription.
Wikipedia
Online encyclopedia that everyone can edit and contribute their viewpoint. You probably already saw the Wikipedia entries in your Google search...
Google
One of the most used web search engines.

I Want Articles on Any Topic

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books, and videos in all subjects.

This search box will search all 60+ EBSCOhost databases.

I Want Only Scholarly Journal Articles on Any Topic

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Back files of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, from the first issue up to 3-5 years ago.
SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window
Articles from social science & humanities journals, back to 1999. Indexing only for articles older than 1999 & some journals this library does not subscribe to.