ENGL 240 - Literature for Life

Database Tips and Tools

Make full use of limiters and tools. Each database is different but in general they will all have some variation of the following limiters and tools. For more results make sure Fast Full Text is not selected. If Full Text is not selected you may need to use Interlibrary Services. Update the year for more current research. 

                                  

Many databases have the above tools. You can usually email yourself a copy of the article or record, save full text articles, send yourself the permanent link and/or use the citation provided by the database. Make sure to double check the citation as they are computer generated and may have mistakes. 

Articles and Databases

For discipline specific research you may want to choose one of the more focused databases such as Literature Online (LiOn), or America: History and Life. For further information about each database click on the blue i icon.

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