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ESL 015: Composition for American Academic Communication

 

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Dawn Amsberry
Title: Reference Librarian


  

Course Info

Course Name:
  ESL 015: Composition for American Academic Communication
Semester:
  Fall
Campus:
  University Park (UP)
Instructor:
  various

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Topic Overviews

CQ Researcher – search for high-quality, researched reports on current social issues. If you're looking for a topic, use the left navigation bar to help you. Click on “Browse by Topic” or “Browse by Date” to see categories to help you brainstorm.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context – search for articles that discuss viewpoints on current social issues. If you're looking for a topic, check the list of popular topics here to get some ideas.

Gale Virtual Reference Library – The library’s version of Wikipedia! Good for a short, authoritative summary of a topic.

Books

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Lion Search – one single search box that searches across all library resources for books, scholarly journals, e-books, newspapers, and more!

The CAT - the Libraries' catalog of over five million items.

 

Journal Articles

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Lion Search – one single search box that searches across all library resources for books, scholarly journals, e-books, newspapers, and more!

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost): Provides full-text results from scholarly journals in a wide variety of topic areas.

Academic Search Complete

 

For more specialized resources, try one of our subject-specific research guides – they will point you to the databases specific to a certain topic

Newspapers

NewsBank has access to many hometown Pennsylvania newspapers (e.g., Centre Daily Times), and national and international newspapers.

New York Times Historical provides the full-text of The New York Times, starting with 1851.

PressDisplay e-Image Database – Page image editions of daily newspapers from around the world.

Daily Collegian Online with back issues through 1988. Check the Historical Digital Collegian Archive for issues from 1887-1987.