HSS 107: Whitaker
General Information
Article Databases
MLA International Bibliography
- Provides citations to research in literature, literary criticism, linguistics, modern languages, drama, folklore, film and video, and other communicative behavior.
- Covers American, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish, other European, Asian, African, and Latin American literature and folklore.
- Covers 1926-present.
JSTOR
- Provides full-text of over 450 scholarly articles in a variety of disciplines.
- Typically, coverage of a journal starts with its first issue and ends 2-7 years ago
- Remember to narrow by discipline and type of article to get fewer results.
Historical Abstracts
- History database covering all the world except the US and Canada
- Use this if you can't find articles in the other two databases.
- Search for books and music in Jackson and the Music Libraries, as well as videos in the Teaching and Learning Center.
- Use the search connector "and" to do a keyword search for more than one term
Searching the Web
Search
the Web
A selection of search engines and directories that can help you find the information
you need.
Guidelines for Evaluating
Web Resources
Suggestions for how to make sure the stuff you get off the web is quality
material. From our online tutorial Finding It!.
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