Eng 1110.01 & 1110.03 2022 // Slack: links & databases

This will likely be your starting place for most of the formal searching you will do.

A helpful YouTube video.

Similar to visuwords, but limits your amount of searches.

This is fun to play with if you get stuck thinking of words for your topics or searches.

Use when searching for a variety of media. (Especially books/ebooks/audio/etc)

Another useful database that is easy to use.

Great humanities database with many full books as well as articles.

A long list of many of the different types of databases we have access to.

"Icons, Idols, Ideas."

"Developed with the guidance of African American librarians and subject specialists, The African American Experience is the widest ranging and easiest-to-use online database collection on African American history and culture."

A database list for these topics.

Databases including: African American Communities, Bibliography of Native North Americans, Caribbean Literature, Chicano Database, China: from Empire to Republic, Ethnic News Watch, Ethnomusicology, Jewish Studies Source, Korean History & Culture, Middle East and North Africa, and much more.

"An archival research resource comprising the backfiles of leading women's interest consumer magazines. Issues are scanned in high-resolution color and feature detailed article-level indexing. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005 and these key primary sources permit the examination of the events, trends, and attitudes of this period. Among the research fields served by this material are gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture."

"This is a database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books and NGO, government and special reports."

A list of many databases you can search related to film and television.

Films from Asia, including documentaries, feature films, and shorts.

Critically acclaimed films, with supplemental materials.

An exclusive streaming service with hundreds of films from many eras and decades. Includes features, documentaries, and more.

"Music Online: Popular Music Library from Alexander Street contains a wide range of popular music from around the world, including hundreds of thousands of tracks from major genres in pop music, including alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk, new age, R&B, reggae, rock, soundtracks and many more."