Research Guides: ENGL110 Steele Spring 2022: Home

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This guide will help you access search tools for your research paper about a text or piece of media. For additional information, view the E110 Research Strategies Video Series or browse the E110 Research Guide.

Finding Background Information on Genre

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Search for a genre related to any type of media.
Literature Online Complete This link opens in a new window
Above the search box, choose "Reference Works," then search for a literary genre.
Literature Online Complete provides access to:

English poetry from 600 to the present
American and African-American poetry from 1603 to the present
The Faber Poetry Library
English drama (including Shakespeare) from 1280 to 1915
English prose from 1500 to 1900

Includes access to the Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABELL) with associated full-text, major literary reference works, & websites selected for their relevance to literary studies.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Search for a music genre.
Subscription is for 3 simultaneous users.

Use these databases to find contextual informantion about a genre.

Finding Magazine and News Articles

These databases can help you find current news and magazine articles about your text or media. Begin by searching for the title or creator, then add search terms to narrow your results if needed.

General OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Journals & magazine on a wide range of topics. Also includes reference, newspaper, & audio content such as the full text of New York Times articles from 1995 to the present, & audio files & transcripts of National Public Radio (NPR) programs from 1990 to the present. (Coverage: 1980 --)
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Recent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires & news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Australia.
(Coverage: 1980 --)

Finding Books and Scholarly Articles

DELCAT Discovery

Use DELCAT Discovery to find books, book chapters, all types of articles, videos, and more. Try searching for your chosen text/media or larger issues related to it.

Databases

Use general and subject databases to find scholarly journal articles. Some texts/media will be addressed in scholarly articles, while others will not. Try searches related to your text/media, as well as serches related to larger issues.

Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Use this database for any topic. Note that you will find scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed articles as well as news and magazine articles. If you want to focus on scholarly articles, use the options at the top to chose academic sources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Use this database for any topic.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
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Use this database if you chose a TV show, a film, or a popular musician.
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Use this database if you chose a film.
Also included is the Treasures from Film Archives dataset; a database containing credits & holdings information about the silent-era film holdings of film archives from around the world. It is conceived as a tool to aid the work of preservation & scholarly research, & provides brief identification information on over 40,500 works. Most records in this database describe films made before 1929, but there are also records for a few silent works produced during the sound era.
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
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Use this database if you chose a musician or album.
Art Abstracts/Art Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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Use this database if you chose an artwork.
Subjects include art history & criticism, architecture & architectural history, archaeology, antiques, museum studies, graphic arts, industrial design, landscape architecture, interior design, folk art, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, costume design, television & video, motion pictures, advertising art, non-western art, textiles, & related fields.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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Use this database if you chose a work of fiction or poetry.