InfoGuides: ENGH 101: Composition: Find Articles

General Databases

Academic Search Complete
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Provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Features content going back as far as 1887.
View a tutorial on this database here.
ProQuest Research Library
Provides access to more than 4,000 titles from general reference databases, including a diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 academic disciplines. View a tutorial on this database here.
Newspaper Source Plus
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Provides full-text access to national and international newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Times (London), as well as selective full-text for various U.S regional newspapers. In addition, it offers full-text television and radio news transcripts from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, and National Public Radio. Tutorial for the Newspaper Source Plus database.

Need More Options?

Database Portal
Need more specific subject databases? Our database portal organizes the Libraries' databases by subject.

How Do I Read the Article?

Not all databases offer full-text articles; some only offer citations and abstracts. To get to the full text, follow these steps to see if we have the article in another database:

Click on the MasonLink button if you see it in your search results.
Search the E-Journal Finder by the title of the journal.
If Mason doesn't subscribe to a database containing the full-text article you want, you may need to request it through the WRLC Consortium Loan Service or Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Seeking Diverse Voices

As you're developing your topic, we encourage you to incorporate the voices of those who are most affected by what you're researching. When considering your audience, you might find that sources about/by your audience are challenging to find. Below are a few resources that can help!

Finding Diverse Voices in Academic Research
This LibGuide provides resources and strategies for finding research written by and about marginalized communities.
Mason Libraries How Do I Page
This list of tutorials from Mason Libraries will help you develop essential research skills to seek diverse voices, evaluate research, and more.