Library Guides: ENGL 15: Rhetoric and Composition (Ousey): Find Articles in these Databases

Use these databases to find reliable sources

You must meet with a campus librarian by 4 pm on Thursday, April 8 to explore resources for your annotated bibliography.

You can meet with a librarian 2 different ways:

Make an appointment to meet a Vairo Librarian: appointment calendar (Be sure to select AFTERNOON to find available time slots)
Visit the library from 12pm - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday and ask to meet with a librarian.

Before you use information in your essay, you need to decide if your information source is appropriate for a college paper: the source should be current, reliable, and relevant to your topic. Take some time to learn more about EVALUATING INFORMATION by watching some short videos created by Penn State librarians.

Use these databases to get background information on your topic, to find newspaper and magazine articles, and explore different sides of political and social issues.

CQ Researcher
Collection of reports covering political and social issues

The CQ Researcher is a collection of reports covering political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Keywords: hot topics, current events, social issues, social trends, archive, English 15, CAS 100, background information, general interest, contemporary issues, overviews.
Global Issues
Current, international news and perspectives on a variety of topics and events throughout the world

Offers current, international news and perspectives on a variety of topics and events throughout the world. It brings together an array of sources to explain the historical and contemporary conditions in a wide range of subject areas, including sociology, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women's studies, and human rights. Updated daily.
Opposing Viewpoints
Research and background information on important social issues

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center provides research and background information on social issues. The database contains the essays from the Opposing Viewpoints series, supplemented by statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Keywords: hot topics, current events, social issues, social trends, English 15, CAS 100, background information, general interest, contemporary issues, overviews.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
A collection of over 1000 reference resources

A collection of over 1000 reference resources.
Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video] - PSU access expires 06/30/2021.
Newspaper articles covering many "hot topics"

The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Also includes limited streaming video.
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
comprehensive, multi-disciplinary

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

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Use these databases to find reliable sources