Library Guides: Introduction to Research (Mont Alto): Finding Sources

Try These First!

Find background information & overviews; great for introductions & establishing facts about a topic!

Helpful for topic development; great for persuasive arguments!

Covers many current issues; good for narrowing down your topic.

Many current articles on a wide variety of topics. Best for once you have a solid topic & keywords brainstormed. Find scholarly articles here!

Find background information on your topic; excellent for introductions & establishing facts on a topic!

ProQuest (Multiple Databases) This link opens in a new window
Searches multiple ProQuest products, indexing 5,000+ magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Searches multiple ProQuest products, indexing 5,000+ magazines, journals, and newspapers. Keywords: news, New York Times, current events, contemporary issues, hot topics, English 15, CAS 100.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Once you set your institutional preferences, links to full-text, if available at Penn State, should appear.