Research Guides: ENG 112- Fleggas: Databases for Journal Articles and Videos

ProQuest Research Companion (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Use this database for step-by-step tutorials for getting started with your paper, everything from finding a topic, to finding resources, to evaluating your resources, and organizing the content of your paper.

The following are databases to use for your assignment.

Not sure what keywords to use in your search? This guide from the University of Texas (opens in a new window) may give you some ideas.

ProQuest Central (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
General reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
JSTOR (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Offers scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated.
Gale Ebooks (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Searchable collection of online reference titles.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from offshore drilling to climate change, health care to immigration.
SIRS Issues Researcher (opens in new window) This link opens in a new window
SIRS Issues Researcher is an editorially curated pro/con database providing a framework for understanding and analyzing over 360 complex social issues with overviews, essential questions, viewpoints, and editorially selected primary and secondary sources.

To access library databases from off-campus, use your Wake Tech Blackboard username and password.

RMIT University. (2012, August 13). What's a Library Database? Retrieved from https://youtu.be/KKIbnNLCh8g

If that link doesn't work, use: https://youtu.be/KKIbnNLCh8g