The following are the most frequently recommended databases for ENC1101 assignments.
A database is a digital collection of informational works and can include anything from articles, images, video, audio, data sets and more.
The types of content can range from news items, personal accounts, scholarly works (including peer reviewed articles), and more.
Beginning search tips:
Less is more.
Start with a basic idea, not more than 1 or 2 words and see what types of results you get.
Depending on the quality and relevance of your results, you may want to modify your search terms by swapping out terms with synonyms or adding more terms for more specificity.
Finally, be aware of "filters" - tools that let you screen out different categories of item or favor a category you want to focus on.
MOST RECOMMENDED. Cross disciplinary coverage from Astronomy to Zoology. Scholarly journal articles, industry magazines and top newspapers. Text with screen reader and translator. Funded by FLVC.
To open EBSCO databases, click on the "OpenAthens Login" link after you log in.
Research overviews of public affairs topics covering social, economic, environmental and technological issues. Funded by FLVC.
Designed to support global awareness, Global Issues in Context ties together news, perspectives, reference materials, primary source documents, audio, video, statistics, and more. Search "Browse Issues and Topics" to find international issue ideas. -From publisher. Funded by SCF Group License.
Understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Contains thousands of editorials and opinions from renowned newspaper sources and offers in-depth articles presenting both sides of an issue clearly, coherently, and without bias. Funded by SCF.
Archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available. Funded by FLVC.
Viewpoint articles, topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, newspaper and magazine articles and more concerning social issues. Funded by FLVC.