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English 355: Professor Schamp
Narrow or Broaden Your Search
Use AND between terms to narrow your search
example: television and violence and children
Use OR and/or truncate (*, ?) words to broaden your search
example: children or youth or adolescents
example: child* (will find child, children, etc.)
example: wom?n (will find woman or women)
Note: check online help for the correct truncation symbol
Some databases (JSTOR and Project Muse) require you to use quotes (") to specify a phrase to search for.
Finding Articles
You can use these databases or any others listed on the database pages; this list is only a suggestion of places to start your research. You can also find these databases on the English databases by subject page.
- MLA International Bibliography
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Humanities Full Text
- Project Muse
- JSTOR
- GenderWatch
If the full-text is not available for the article you want to see, click the 
button or the "Find Text" link to see if the full-text is available in another database.
Helpful Links
- The Oviatt Library's Citing Your Sources page: http://library.csun.edu/Find_Resources/e-books/estylegd.html
- Developing a search strategy: http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/search.html
- How to find a book in the library: http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/i-opac.html
Contact information
If you have questions as you do your research, go to Ask-A- Librarian (http://library.csun.edu/Research_Assistance/askus.html), or contact me directly at danielle.skaggs@csun.edu or 818-677-6808.
You can also contact the subject librarian for English, Kimberly Embleton at kimberly.embleton@csun.edu or 818-677-5336
18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge CA 91330 (818) 677-2285 |
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