Research Guides: Writing, Rhetoric, and Critical Studies (English 101 & 202): Find Resources

Reference Resources

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Includes 700+ full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference books.

Library OneSearch
The main search box on the library's homepage, the OneSearch will reveal a list of books, articles, book chapters, and more on your topic. Use the refine options to limit to full text or by format. For scholarly articles, choose Peer Review.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
This premier, multidisciplinary database indexes over 13,000 journals, with full-text articles from nearly 9,000 journals. Primarily scholarly in nature, but also covers trade publications and top-notch general interest magazines.
US Newsstream (formerly ProQuest Newstand) This link opens in a new window
News content from many national and international newspapers, newswires and selected news magazines.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
The image search provides crisp, high-quality images, along with contextual information and source citations.

US Government Search
Great resource for historical images. Search for your topic, then select images.
Life Magazine Photo Archive
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1970s to today.