Loras College Library: ENG 105: College Writing: Find Articles

Helpful databases for College Writing

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
It is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports a wide variety of academic areas. It contains thousands of full-text scholarly articles. It's a great place to start your research on almost any topic!
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Fully searchable archive of scholarly journals.
ProCon.org This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
The database presents sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, using the pro and con format.
ATLA Religion This link opens in a new window
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Essential resource for religious and theological studies.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
While providing full-text articles in all of the mainstream business topics, this database offers access to video content from the Associated Press (an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative) from 1930 to the present.
Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
CMMC provides coverage of all topics related to communication and media. It contains scholarly articles, many linked to full-text.
Criminal Justice (Proquest) This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
It contains scholarly articles from criminal justice journals, for students working on projects about crime, law enforcement, corrections, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, etc.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
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This database provides scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
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Essential tool for education researchers of all kinds. Contains indexed and full-text education journals and reports.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
If you’re looking for literary criticism on an author or a particular work of an author, this is the best place to start. Materials from 1926 to the present are indexed in subjects such as literature, folklore, literary criticism and the dramatic arts.
PsycInfo This link opens in a new window
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The largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Contains abstracts and full text of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
PMC is a free index of of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Contains links to the NLM full-text archive and other NLM databases
U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Why use this database?
This contains newspaper articles from cities across the United States. If you're looking for local information, U.S.Newstream contains the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald and Des Moines Register.

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Journal Finder This link opens in a new window
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It contains a complete listing of electronic and print periodicals for Loras College Library. Have a citation and need to find the article? Start here.