*English: ENG 1101 (Mongold)

Sample Topic for activity: I am investigating the topic of children and their use of screens for reading.

Look at the sources below after we review the first one together and decide in discussion with your classmates:

1. What type of source is this?
2. Would this source teach me something new about my topic? Is it appropriate for my context?

Practice Source

First Source

Second Source

Third Source

Fourth Source

Broad, interdisciplinary databases:

New York Times Access

Read the library's FAQ for the steps to create an account to read articles from the New York Times.

Discipline Specific Databases

Does your research topic fall into psychology, philosophy, political science, etc.? Check out one of the other research guides for suggested databases for those specific disciplines and other tips!

Searching Tips

• Use " " around words to search as a phrase
• Use AND between two terms to include both in results
• Use OR between two terms to include either in results
• Use NOT before a term to exclude it in the results
• Use * at the end of the root part of a word to include all variations in the results (environ* for environment, environmental, environmentally...)
• Try selecting filters!
• Click on subject headings to explore other articles tagged with that term