GALILEO is a fantastic resource for finding reliable, credible articles to back up arguments in your paper. The homepage of GALILEO searches 100+ databases at one time and often gives you way too many articles that aren't helpful. These 4 databases are much smaller and are fantastic for supporting argumentative essays (in fact, two of these are specificall for that):
This scholarly collection offers full-text coverage of information in many areas of academic study, including archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science and technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion and theology, women's studies, and other fields.
Helps researchers understand today's crucial issues by exploring hot topics in politics, government, business, education, and popular culture. This is a GHC supplied database and you'll need to enter your GHC username/password (the same one you use to logon to school computers) to access it from home.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Whether you're writing a critical essay, researching a report or term paper, or preparing for a debate, or you just want to be better informed, you'll find a variety of reference materials, commentaries and viewpoints, periodical and news articles, primary sources, statistics and multimedia in Opposing Viewpoints in Context. This is a GHC supplied database and you'll need to enter your GHC username/password (the same one you use to logon to school computers) to access it from home.
Research Library (at ProQuest)
This database provides a wide range of popular academic subjects and includes full-text access for thousands of titles, including scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
Remember: All information sources are NOT created equal!!
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You're paper will only be as good as the sources you use to support your arguments! And where is the best place to look for good, credible sources? GALILEO of course!!
Are My Sources CRAAP?
The CRAAP Test helps you evaluate the quality and relevance of any information you are considering for your research assignment. Keep this test in mind when considering the inclusion of any source - whether print, online or other media - in your assignment.
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