Research Guides: ENG 201: Intermediate Composition for Dr. Geoffrey Johns: Find Articles

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The Chronicle of Higher Education Database

The Chronicle is a very important periodical (now available online) for higher education issues and debates.

The Chronicle of Higher Education (Online)
This non-scholarly resource will be valuable in finding articles about issues and debates concerning higher education.

General/Multidisciplinary Databases

Links to selected general article databases that could be helpful as well.

Issues and Controversies This link opens in a new window
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Essays on today’s crucial issues and hot topics in politics, business, education, the environment, medicine, and more. A great resource for overview and persuasive papers and speeches.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new window
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This series takes a pro-con approach to today’s social issues and hot topics in politics, business, education, the environment, medicine, and more. It's the perfect resource when you have to take one side of a debate or have to write a persuasive essay.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This database indexes high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books, and more.

Newspaper Databases

Links to selected newspaper databases relevant to the your course assignment. As you can see, some of them are local newspapers which could be helpful.

New York Times Online, 1851- present This link opens in a new window
Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate and more.

ATTENTION: First time users must create an account using the authenticated link provided here. NYT prefers that you use your cmich.edu email address, if possible.

Current users may use this link: https://nytimes.com

Passes expire after 364 days, users will need to go to http://accessnyt.com and type in Central Michigan University and follow the instructions to get another 364 day pass for access.

Using your registered e-mail address, you should be able to login.
Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) This link opens in a new window
Breaking news and current headlines from the US and around the world.

ATTENTION: First time users must create an account using the authenticated link provided here. WSJ requires that you use your cmich.edu email address.

Once you create the account you may use https://www.wsj.com
Westlaw News This link opens in a new window
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Search separately or combined for news in Reuters publications, blogs, magazines, newspapers, transcripts, or wires. Includes U. S. and international publications.

Central Michigan Life
Campus Newspaper. Current issues located in the Mary Dow Reading Room by title.

Subject-specific Databases

Databases by Subject
Follow the links here for a variety of resources useful for research in specific career fields and disciplines.

Links to selected article databases relevant to the field of higher education.

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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"Resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media"
Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles, reports from governmental and nongovernmental agencies, and books. Its focus is on criminal justice, criminology, law enforcement, sentencing and corrections
ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Indexes published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational topics
Political Science Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for students, researchers and government institutions, this full-text database covers political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.
PsycINFO (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Coverage of research in applied psychology, developmental psychology, personality, and more.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
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PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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Dictionaries and Thesauri

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
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The OED is widely regarded as the most significant dictionary of the English language, offering the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words —past and present— from across the English-speaking world.

Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)
Published by Harvard University Press.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form