LibGuides: ENC1101 Kathryn Overbeck: Getting Started

Welcome to the Library Guide for ENC 1101. Kathryn Overbeck.

I am Andrea Burgess, your ENC1101 librarian. If you have questions, you can send me e-mail at BurgesA@scf.edu, or ask for me at the

Bradenton Library & Learning Center, Bldg. 3

SCF Libraries Website Overview
See where everything is located on our website and where to start your research and get help.

Databases recommended for ENC1101 are listed in the box below.

Use "keywords", combine them and try synonyms.
Select FULL TEXT when available.
Email the document to yourself or save it to One Drive/Google Docs for safekeeping.
Paraphrase, quote, or summarize information and CITE it.
COPY + CORRECT the citations (go to the Guide or ask a librarian.)

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
MOST RECOMMENDED. Cross disciplinary coverage from Astronomy to Zoology. Scholarly journal articles, industry magazines and top newspapers. Text with screen reader and translator.

To open EBSCO databases, click on the "OpenAthens Login" link after you log in.
CQ Researcher (Sage)
Research overviews of public affairs topics covering social, economic, environmental and technological issues.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale)
Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, newspaper and magazine articles and more concerning social issues.

Biography In Context (Gale)
Authoritative Full Text content from Reference sources, Periodicals and multimedia. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places or gender.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Contains full text access to the Short Story Criticism and Poetry Criticism literature series.

This "all-in-one search" includes books, ebooks, videos, articles & more:

Always cite the sources you use, even if you "paraphrase" (put it into your own words.)
If you copy+paste the citation provided in the database's "Citation Tool", check the rules and CORRECT any mistakes.
When in doubt... ask a librarian!