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English 1101

This guide will help you research your English 1101 assignment

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Search

What's great about Google Scholar

  • Can be linked to City Tech library and other libraries (click on settings and then "Library Links") 
  • You can use the "cited by" feature to find more relevant material
  • Like library databases, generate a citation

SUGGESTED DATABASES

Academic Search Complete

The largest scholarly, multidisciplinary, full-text database.

Humanities Source

Articles from scholarly journals in humanities including literary criticism.

JSTOR

Scholarly journals in the arts and sciences in full text.

Communications & Mass Media Collection

Communications-related journal articles including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.

Social Sciences Full Text: Wilson (EBSCO)

Includes a wide range of journals in the social sciences.

Search for Books, Articles, and More!

 

 

 

For best results use 2-3 keywords connected by AND / OR / NOT

Put "phrases in quotation marks"

Use (parenthesis) to develop a complex search 

Check your spelling

Use the facets on the left hand side of results to narrow down your search

Examples:

"New York City" AND "police brutality"

("Harlem Renaissance" OR "blues poetry") AND "New York"

"Edgar Allan Poe" AND Criticism