Research Guides: English 101-102: Articles & Databases

Selected General Databases

Access World News
Subjects: Multisubject Database, News
Vendor: NewsBank
Subscriber: HU
Coverage of U.S. and international news, business, lifestyle, entertainment, sports, and science and technology from familiar magazines.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
This database includes a dictionary and links to many web sites providing general information.

Subjects: Multisubject Database
Vendor: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Subscriber: HU
Includes the online version of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica's Internet Guide, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Academic Search Complete via EBSCOhost
multidisciplinary index for scholarly journals and magazines with over 5,500 full-text periodicals

Subjects: Multisubject Database
Vendor: EBSCO
Subsciber: VIVA
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database; indexing & abstracting; content going back as far as 1887
America: History & Life via EBSCOhost
Subjects: American Studies, History
Vendor: EBSCO
Subscriber: VIVA
Article abstracts and bibliographic citations of reviews and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Includes links to some full-text articles in other databases.
OMNIFILE Fulltext Mega Edition via EBSCOhost
Subjects:
Vendor: EBSCOHOST
Subscriber: HU
Description:
A multi-subject database providing the complete - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from 6 of Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text. Full-text articles from 5 additional periodical databases are also included: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science Full Text
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Subjects: Multisubject Database
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Subscriber: VIVA
Contains the entire text of the 22-volume Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, which merges the original OED with the supplements prepared throughout the 20th century. This electronic text not only contains definitions for most of the words in the English language but also information on their origins and quotations showing their range of meanings from the time they entered the language to the present.
Opposing Viewpoints
Opposing Viewpoints In Context research tool covers today’s hottest social issues, and supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.
Kanopy (Streaming Video)
Kanopy is a video streaming solution for colleges offering a "Netflix-like" user experience and a broad selection of over 26,000 documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers. Touching on all topics, featured producers in Kanopy's collection include Criterion Collection, PBS, HBO, The Video Project, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, Media Education Foundation, First Run Features, BBC, and many more.

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English 101-102: Articles & Databases

Selected General Databases