General Research - ENG 1010/1020 - Toth - Research Guides at Cuyahoga Community College

Use This Library Database to Find Topic Ideas!

Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Database available to Tri-C students; includes academic journal, newspaper, and magazine articles. You'll also find audio, videos, opinion essays, and primary sources on current controversial issues.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Wiki alternative Get background information from dictionaries and encyclopedias on topics ranging from Art to Technology.

Academic Journals, Newspapers, Trade Publications:

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Contains full-text articles on topics in multiple disciplines, useful as a starting point for most subjects.

New York Times (1980 - current) This link opens in a new window Full-text coverage of the US newspaper. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window Full text of hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers, including The Washington Post, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, Toronto Star. Also includes television and radio news transcripts from major networks (e.g., 60 Minutes [CBS] and All Things Considered [NPR]).

Literature Databases:

Literary Reference Source Plus This link opens in a new window A comprehensive database that provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles, and full text of hundreds of journals books and other publications in the humanities.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window An index to books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics, includes literature from all over the world.