LLCC LibGuides: Composition Research at LLCC: Subscription Databases

Online Reference Databases (credible wiki-info)

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Credo's Academic Core with Backfile features online access to 757 reference titles.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window Oxford Reference brings together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias across 25 different subject areas. You may find results that range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects. LLCC Library access includes the Oxford Reference Premium package, which provides access to a selection of in-depth, single-volume works including works from the Oxford Companions series.

Social Issue Databases (ALL full-text)

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Opposing Viewpoints is a rich resource for debaters and includes viewpoints, reference articles, infographics, news, images, video, audio, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more.

Issues & Controversies
Great source of TOPIC IDEAS & BREAKDOWNS
In-Depth Reports
Full-Text - only

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Learn about major issues from current and historical perspectives and the inner workings of the U.S. government from authoritative, accessible, and unbiased sources.
Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new window The database features over 670,000 articles from more than 210 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news. All of these varied alternative and independent presses are presented in 100% full text, allowing researchers total access to regional, rural, and metropolitan perspectives on local, national, and international issues. Providing an alternative to corporate controlled media, the Alt-Press Watch database presents big stories from small sources.

EbscoHost ("database mall")

This link connects direction into the Academic Search Complete database in the EbscoHost database mall. To see and select additional specialized databases use the BLUE Choose Databases link (above the search boxes)

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Developed to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. Academic Search Ultimate covers nearly all academic disciplines, and includes 1,393 journals with searchable cited references. Academic Search Ultimate includes more than 75,000 videos from the Associated Press. Updated monthly, this collection of videos from the world’s leading news agency includes footage from 1930 to the present and helps round out student research.

Online Streaming VIDEO

Alexander Street Press This link opens in a new window Streaming video interface where LLCC users are able to access the following video collections: American History in Video, Art & Architecture in Video, Criminal Justice & Public Safety in Video, Current Affairs in Video, Environmental Studies in Video, LGBT Studies in Video, Nursing Education in Video, 2nd Ed., Rehabilitation Therapy in Video, and Theatre in Video: Volume I.

Bloom's Literary Reference

This is a great source for literary criticism, analysis, and author information. Titles for specific articles are not always informative - making it difficult to quickly identify the best article in the results list. However, opening the article and browsing often reveals very useful articles. Also note, words typed in the search box (including theme keywords) will be highlighted in the entries when they are opened.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online

Gale Lit Crit Online (Gale LCO)

This SUBSCRIPTION DATABASE provides access to a multitude of literature criticism for literature throughout the ages as well as drama, poetry, and Shakespearean criticism.

Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window Literature Criticism Online provides scholarly and popular literary commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals in an online format that matches the exact look and feel of the print originals.

JSTOR - more scholarly articles

JSTOR Archive Journal & Primary Source Collection. This link opens in a new window The JSTOR Archival Journals & Primary Source Collection the following archival journals and primary sources collections listed below. Archive Journal Collections: Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, Public Health Journals Thematic Collections: Lives of Literature , Security Studies, Sustainability Primary Source Collections: 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, Global Plants