English 232/234 Dr. Murphy Spring 2020
Evaluating Journal Articles Activity
This activity will allow you to explore one of the suggested databases on this page in some detail. Open your group's file from the list below and follow the instructions. Answer the questions directly on the document.
Discovery Search Box
Suggested Literary Databases
The Carmichael Library has access to several databases germane to the study of global literature.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary resource that includes full-text articles from several thousand journals, in virtually every area of academic study.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowIncludes both the Arts & Sciences and Language & Literature Collections. Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, literary criticism, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
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Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowContains more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Search by entering author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more.
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Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowContains critical and biographical information on literary figures in a wide variety of genres and throughout history. | Watch Video Tutorial
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowProduced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920's and contains over 2.3 million citations related to literature and literary criticism, from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers.
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowProject MUSE's Standard Collection is an interdisciplinary collection of nearly 350 high quality, peer reviewed journals concentrated in the humanities and social sciences. | Watch Video Tutorial
Other Suggested Databases
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New York Times, Historical This link opens in a new windowLocate articles from the time period. Limit your search to the years that the movement occurred.
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America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowComplete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present
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Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowFind films and documentaries from credible and reliable film production companies such as HBO, PBS, Cambridge Educational, and Films for the Humanities and hundreds more..
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Art Full Text This link opens in a new windowUse to locate scholarly information about art and culture surrounding and a part of the movement
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Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFind newspaper articles from the time period covering the movement, people, events, and flash points.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference provides access to the cross-searchable full text of approximately 700 different reference sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical sources, chronologies, etc.).
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Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowOffers peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the areas of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new windowCan help find an example of social conflict that exists today.
