Eng 230: Readings in Race, Class, and Gender

• Evaluation and Citation Resources
• Useful Internet Resources

To access our databases from off-campus, click on this link on the library's main page (enter your ID and password when prompted):



Note: there is no printing capability for off-campus users. You must e-mail articles to your email account in order to print them.

Illinet Online is the library's book catalog.One of the quickest ways to search is to browse by subject. Enter a subject term (such as "interpersonal communication") in the search box, and in the "Search by" box, choose "Browse subject."

If you can't find books writtten specifically about your subject, you can always try an "Any Word Anywhere" search. Use quotation marks to restrict your search to a specific phrase.

If you can't find what you're looking for at our library, click here to see how you can search other local libraries and order books.

Note: If you find books that you need to interlibrary loan, order them as soon as possible! They 7-10 days to arrive.

Federated Search Engine

• Use Webfeat to search several databases at once~ This link accesses our Webfeat federated search engine. This tool allows you to perform keyword searches in groupings of databases (such as Education) or our entire database all at once.

Education Databases

• ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center ~a key source for education articles.

• ProQuest Education Complete ~Contains more than 550 titles on education.

Newspaper Databases

• Lexis- Nexis ~A wide range of contemporary news, business, legal, and reference information. You can limit your search to select geographical areas, i.e. North America, the Midwest, or Illinois. Full text.

• Proquest Newspapers ~ This collection allows you to search The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, and the The New York Times simultaneously. Full text.

General Databases

• Academic Search Premier~ Selected full text of magazine and journal articles. Covers a wide range of subject areas.

• CQ Researcher~ Covers current and controversial issues. Provides summaries, analysis, and bibliographies

 

 

So you found an article in one of our databases, but it's not full-text. Now what? Don't fret. Look for these buttons: , or , or this line of text: (Find this resource with SFX) next to the article citation on the search screen. Clicking on this will take you to a list of our full-text sources that carry the journal, if we have it.

General Web Sites

• Britannica Online ~The Encyclopedia Britannica. Also includes Britannica's Internet Guide. Excellent place to get general info about a topic.

• Librarian's Index to the Internet ~A searchable directory of librarian-reviewed internet websites.

• CultureGrams Online ~Excellent for cultural or country-specific information (available on campus only)

Statisical Web Sites

• Statistical Resources on the Web

• American FactFinder ~ Find statistics about the United States from the U.S. Census Bureau.

• LexisNexis Statistical ~database that carries a wide range of statisitcal data.

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

• Looking for Articles in Journals and Magazines: Scholarly or Popular?

• Citing Sources