ENGL 099 - Integrated Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking - Wood - Course Guide: Articles

Why Use...

Articles provide information on very specific, narrow topics. The Library purchases article databases so you may access articles for your topic – for free. Researchers use them when they need:

  • Magazines and Newspapers: Brief coverage of contemporary events written to all levels of readers.
  • Peer Reviewed/Scholarly Journals: Reports of research or scholarship on specific topics written by scholars to other scholars

Article Databases

Search Example 1

"Write an essay about treatment(s) for an Achilles tendon injury. You should cite your sources at the end of the essay."

  • Achilles tendon injury
  • treatment
  • sources: journals, magazines, news

Search Example 2

"You should take a look at some really good articles about college success that appeared in the last ten years in the College Student Journal."

  • keywords
  • publication dates
  • publication title