LibGuides: ENGL 1010: College Composition &amp; Rhetoric: Find Sources

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Subject- Specific Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary indexing/full-text database that covers scholarly journal articles back to 1975. On the EBSCOhost platform.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Database platform that includes 100-some other indexing, full-text and reference databases (listed separately). On the ProQuest platform.
Web of Science (all databases on platform) This link opens in a new window
Database platform from that combines citation and traditional indexing databases, covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.

PubMed This link opens in a new window
Medical indexing/full-text database that provides public access to MEDLINE (see separately) and full-text on PubMed Central and other publisher websites. On the NCBI platform.
CINAHL Complete [Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature] This link opens in a new window
Major nursing indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles back to 1981. On the EBSCOhost platform.
Public Health Database This link opens in a new window
With journals, news, trade publications, reports, dissertations and more, ProQuest Public Health covers a wide variety of disciplines ranging from social sciences and biological sciences to business. ProQuest Public Health specializes on delivering focused and relevant results for the public health field, covering key subjects including: nutrition and dietetics; physical fitness and hygiene; population studies; social services and welfare; statistics; biology - genetics; drug abuse and alcoholism; special education and rehabilitation; environmental studies; industrial health and safety; communicable diseases; allergology and immunology; nurses and nursing; and pediatrics.

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GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Environmental indexing/full-text database that selectively covers journals, magazines and government documents. On the EBSCOhost platform.
Web of Science (all databases on platform) This link opens in a new window
Database platform from that combines citation and traditional indexing databases, covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.
ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery) This link opens in a new window
Full-text archive that covers the ACM and other publishers' journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings, newsletters and theses. On an ACM platform.

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Psycinfo (APA) This link opens in a new window
Major psychology indexing database that covers journals, books, and dissertations back to the 1800s. On the EBSCOhost platform.
Political Science Database This link opens in a new window
Political science indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles back to 1985. On the ProQuest platform.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Major sociology indexing database that covers journals, books, theses and conference papers back to 1952. On the ProQuest platform.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary eJournal platform that provides complete back runs of journals in the following licensed collections: Arts & Sciences I-IV and VII, Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Current Scholarship and Early Journal Content. On the JSTOR platform.

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ERIC [Educational Resources Information Center] (Ebscohost) This link opens in a new window
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. ERIC contains more than 1.6 million records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents. It includes records for a variety of source types, including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, policy papers and more. In addition, it provides an education-specific thesaurus that includes controlled vocabulary to help users find what they need.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Database that indexes education literature back to 1929, with full text back to 1996. Adds unique content to merger of Wilson Education Full Text & Retrospective and EBSCO Education Research Complete. On the EBSCOhost platform.
Career & Technical Education Database This link opens in a new window
The database includes over 600 titles covering careers & vocations; trade & industry; technical resources; and job searching. Technical topics covered include: computing science, healthcare, building trades, auto mechanics, sales & retail, accounting, graphic design, and photography.

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Business (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Business Collection provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications. On the InfoTrac platform.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Major business indexing/full-text database that covers journal articles and other business sources back to 1965. On the EBSCOhost platform.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Major economics indexing/full-text database that covers journals, books, book reviews and theses back to 1969. On the ProQuest platform.

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Explore Your Topic

Not sure about your topic? Try one of these sources to get a broad perspective on how others are discussing your topic. This can help you narrow your focus.

U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full-text newspaper database that provides content from the U.S. and around the world back to 1984. On the ProQuest platform.
College (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Database of cross-curricular content aligned to national, state, and Common Core State Standards.

Counterarguments

A well-written research paper presents opposing or conflicting information. A very-well-written paper uses that contrary information to help support the claim or thesis. Finding a counterargument or opposing information is easy through the UW Libraries' resources. Here are some recommended sources that provide credible information of academic quality:

CQ Researcher plus Archive This link opens in a new window
Current events full-text magazine that provides overview articles on "hot topics" back to 1991. On the CQPress platform.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Current events full-text database the collects materials (articles, reference books, media) on controversial issues. On the Gale In Context platform.