English Composition
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog:  Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• Academic Search Complete:  A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database indexing over 11,000 journals, as well as selected monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.  More than 7,100 periodicals are full-text and 6,100 are peer-reviewed.  A good starting point for research.
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Full-text articles on social issues.  Includes topic overviews, primary sources, statistics, photographs and podcasts.
• Points of View Reference Center: Provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides more than 270 topics.
• WorldNews Digest: This database compiles major headlines from around the world, and dates from 1940 - present.

Reference

• Gale Virtual Reference Library: A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.

More Guides

• English Literature Guide: Look for information on literature and authors.

Other Tools

• Help Writing Papers: How to develop a topic, locate scholarly resources and critically analyze websites.
• How to Cite Resources: Contains links to guides for MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian and ASA styles.
• Guide to Copyright and Plagiarism: Know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.