LIBRARY GUIDE TO ESL 0089N - Academic Writing for Research Purposes

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Visit our Databases A-Z to see all of our research databases, sorted by name and also by subject.

• JSTOR
  Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately one year ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. Especially good for historic or classic articles in most fields. Coverage: 1665 to present. How to export to RefWorks
• Art and Architecture
  Art research covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as architecture and architectural design. Strong international coverage including full-text art journals, magazines and books, plus detailed indexing, abstracts, and  images.  Thanks to MeL  
• Historical Abstracts
  Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, the history of education, and more. Provides indexing of more than 1700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages since 1955. How to export to RefWorks

 

• ABI/Inform Complete
  This database includes about 80% full-text articles from the business press, trade publications, academic journals, and newspapers (including full text of the Wall Street Journal). It is a great starting point for articles on broad business topics. How to export to RefWorks
• ERIC
  Includes education and related topics - journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.  How to export to RefWorks
• PsycARTICLES
  Here you'll find full-text articles from many journals published by the American Psychological Association,  the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. PsycARTICLES is a subset of PsycINFO, so if you need more information, go to PsycINFO. How to export to RefWorks
• Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
  This database provides full-text access to international research related to the essential areas related to criminal justice and criminology. Coverage: 1910 - present.

• Web of Science
  Web of Science provides access to Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). These indexes contain references that have been cited in other articles. You can use these citations to perform cited reference searches (locate articles that cite an earlier publication). How to export to RefWorks. 
• Engineering Village - Compendex
  Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. How to export to RefWorks
• CINAHL Complete
  The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) is a full-text database for nursing and allied health journals from 1937 to present.  Includes access to scholarly journal articles, dissertations, magazines, pamphlets, evidence-based care sheets, books, and research instruments. How to Export to Refworks

Online APA guides:

• OWL Guide to Using APA Format (Purdue U.)
• APA Style Tips (APA) - includes examples of citing Web and other Internet resources
• APA Style blog (APA) - answers to frequent and "odd" questions

The APA Style Guide in print - Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2010 (for use in the library)

Writing Center  - The consultants can help you with every stage of the writing process.

Refworks allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.

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